Norman England
Christmas day 1066 in Westminster Abbey
William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned king of England
Normandy became an English territory
Anglo -Saxon
Reduced to the condition of serfs, deprived of their property and rights.
They introduced the feudal sistemy, built castles to defend their conquest and they olso brought their languages.
Latin-Norman French
Langueges of the church and governament
Domesday Book, historical information about England in William's time.
1086
William 1 succeded
New system organisation
Feudalism
William II (William I's son) A coarse and violent man who was unpopular.
Henry I (William II's younger brother) first Norman king born in England, first to speak English as well as French (he didn't have male heirs).
Stephen ( Henry's nephew) Weak king, lost control of much of England.
Henry II (son of Henry I's doughter Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenent) First of the French Plantagenent line, strong king and an able soldier
Richard I (Henry's son) He was called "Richard the Lionheart", for his bravery and military abilities (he spent only six months of his reign in England)
Prince John (reing during the absence of his older brother, Richard)
When John became king(in 1199) He continued to fight wars in France and to lose, England lost all his French possessions. He taxed up and collected a rebellion by the barons who forced him to sign the Magna Carta
1216-72
Henry III had to struggle aginst rebel barons.
Unintentionelly he made a great step forward in the development of parlament
1263
Battle of Lawes- Henry was defeated and taken prisoner by Simon de Montfort (powerful baron)
Edward (Henry's son) defeaded the disloyal barons and freed his father during the Battle of Evesham -Simon de Montfort was killed
1265
He suppressed rebellion in Wales and subdued the welsh to English domination, he fought against the Scots in the first Scottish War of indipendence
Edward I (determined king) =
1272-1307
Battle of Stirling Bridge, Edward's troops were defeated by the Scots under theur leader, William Wallace.
1279
Edward finally overcame the scottish.Wallace was captured and resistance executed
1305
Battle of Falkirk Edward's troops won
William Wallace escape capture and attempted to reorganise the Scots.
1298
Was removed by Edward from Scotland and taken to London
"Stone of Destiny"
than it was used for the coronation of English kings
Symbol of Scottish king (it was used for coronations)
it was returned to Scotland in 1966
The war did not go on continuously; there were several intervals
1337
began with France "The Andred Years War"
-For regain territories and to put a doubtful claim to the French throne
1346 Crécy1356 Poitiers
The English made important victories, Under Edward III
During the reing of Henry V
1415 Agincourt
Under Henry VI, things changed Joan of Arc (greatest heroine of France)
Led the French to victory and Dauphin crowned at Rheims
The next year1453
= French regined their territories the only English possession left in France was the port of Calais.
The black Death
Revolution for more freedom and money
1381
pestilence came across Europa and arrived also in England, population died.
Feudal system was beginning to crumble
Impact on England's social structure
last halfof the 14 century
Birth of the English language-Grown of a prosperous middle-class -There were more people able to speak both French and Anglo-Saxon this language began to amalgamete
born a new languege and a poet that helps to mould it
Geoffrey Chaucer "The Canterburny Tales(printed by William Caxton)
he wrote in the language of London(also called Middle English)
printed press helped this to become the national language
After the foreign wars, England is in a dispute between two branches of the royal famuly Plantagenet, House of York and House of Lancaster
The War of the Roses (dinasty conflict that lasted 30 years)
Henry Tudor of the House of Lancaster won
1485
Richard III, the last of the York king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Flied
England = New period of strength and growth thanks to the unions of the families through marriege
The end of the medieval period arrived with the rise to the throne of Henry VII (first Tudor) in 1485
Feudalism was dying
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Norman England
Christmas day 1066 in Westminster Abbey
William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned king of England
Normandy became an English territory
Anglo -Saxon
Reduced to the condition of serfs, deprived of their property and rights.
They introduced the feudal sistemy, built castles to defend their conquest and they olso brought their languages.
Latin-Norman French
Langueges of the church and governament
Domesday Book, historical information about England in William's time.
1086
William 1 succeded
New system organisation
Feudalism
William II (William I's son) A coarse and violent man who was unpopular.
Henry I (William II's younger brother) first Norman king born in England, first to speak English as well as French (he didn't have male heirs).
Stephen ( Henry's nephew) Weak king, lost control of much of England.
Henry II (son of Henry I's doughter Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenent) First of the French Plantagenent line, strong king and an able soldier
Richard I (Henry's son) He was called "Richard the Lionheart", for his bravery and military abilities (he spent only six months of his reign in England)
Prince John (reing during the absence of his older brother, Richard)
When John became king(in 1199) He continued to fight wars in France and to lose, England lost all his French possessions. He taxed up and collected a rebellion by the barons who forced him to sign the Magna Carta
1216-72
Henry III had to struggle aginst rebel barons.
Unintentionelly he made a great step forward in the development of parlament
1263
Battle of Lawes- Henry was defeated and taken prisoner by Simon de Montfort (powerful baron)
Edward (Henry's son) defeaded the disloyal barons and freed his father during the Battle of Evesham -Simon de Montfort was killed
1265
He suppressed rebellion in Wales and subdued the welsh to English domination, he fought against the Scots in the first Scottish War of indipendence
Edward I (determined king) =
1272-1307
Battle of Stirling Bridge, Edward's troops were defeated by the Scots under theur leader, William Wallace.
1279
Edward finally overcame the scottish.Wallace was captured and resistance executed
1305
Battle of Falkirk Edward's troops won
William Wallace escape capture and attempted to reorganise the Scots.
1298
Was removed by Edward from Scotland and taken to London
"Stone of Destiny"
than it was used for the coronation of English kings
Symbol of Scottish king (it was used for coronations)
it was returned to Scotland in 1966
The war did not go on continuously; there were several intervals
1337
began with France "The Andred Years War"
-For regain territories and to put a doubtful claim to the French throne
1346 Crécy1356 Poitiers
The English made important victories, Under Edward III
During the reing of Henry V
1415 Agincourt
Under Henry VI, things changed Joan of Arc (greatest heroine of France)
Led the French to victory and Dauphin crowned at Rheims
The next year1453
= French regined their territories the only English possession left in France was the port of Calais.
The black Death
Revolution for more freedom and money
1381
pestilence came across Europa and arrived also in England, population died.
Feudal system was beginning to crumble
Impact on England's social structure
last halfof the 14 century
Birth of the English language-Grown of a prosperous middle-class -There were more people able to speak both French and Anglo-Saxon this language began to amalgamete
born a new languege and a poet that helps to mould it
Geoffrey Chaucer "The Canterburny Tales(printed by William Caxton)
he wrote in the language of London(also called Middle English)
printed press helped this to become the national language
After the foreign wars, England is in a dispute between two branches of the royal famuly Plantagenet, House of York and House of Lancaster
The War of the Roses (dinasty conflict that lasted 30 years)
Henry Tudor of the House of Lancaster won
1485
Richard III, the last of the York king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Flied
England = New period of strength and growth thanks to the unions of the families through marriege
The end of the medieval period arrived with the rise to the throne of Henry VII (first Tudor) in 1485
Feudalism was dying