London - inglise keeles kokkuvõte
Great chose London to be the capital of the country.
During the reign of Edward the Confessor Westminster Abbey and the royal palace were
built.
In 1066 The Normans invaded an William the Conqueror took the British throne as William I.
He built a mighty fortess, now known as the white tower.
The 14th century was a messy period. In 1337 the Hundred years war against France began.
The black death in 1348 took many many lives. Almost half of the city's population. In 1381
the grievances [griivensis] of the lower class exploded into the ,,Peasant's [pesents] revolt".
The Hundred Years War was almost immediately followed by the war of roses. It was
between two branches of the Royal house York and Lancaster. It was ended by Henry Tudor
in 1485. (lancaster)
Henry Tudor started with a great act of piety: The building of a beautiful fan roofed chapel in
Westminster Abbey. It was completed by his son. His son Henry the VIII made the crown the
spiritual head of nation