Medieval+Britain

Medieval Britain

History: In Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire on September 25, 1066, King Edward the Confessor died, the throne was given to Harold of Wessex. His brother Tostig influenced the Viking war and King Harald of Norway invaded England. The Viking’s left and King Harald’s body was shipped back to Norway. Tostig was buried in Yorkshire. This ended the long Viking threat to England. Another one of their enemies Duke William of Normandy decided he was ready to fight over the Saxons, where the next battle begun at Senlac Hill for the Battle of Hastings.

On October 14, 1066 at East Sussex, the Saxons were led under King Harold of England against Duke William of Norway. After the battle, the Normans were in charge of the English. After Duke William conquered England, he started to build his castle in 1078. This building was known as the Tower Of London. This tower was built for him to live in and to protect him from the angry English citizens. To make the building, he had stone shipped over from France; that he also used to make his last castle in his hometown. In 1215, the English people were tired o f unreasonable taxes King John had placed on them from the loss of the war. The Magna Carta was created to limit the power the king had. It was the first written document forced on a king, which he refused to sign. This led England into their Civil War.

In 1215, after the refusal of King John to sign the Magna Carta, the Civil War began. It was led by Robert Fitzwalter and King John of England. It ended in 1217. In 1296, King Edward I invades Scotland to punish King John for not helping English military in France.

Language:

During the medieval times the people spoke Old English. Capital and lowercase letters were developed with rules for each.

Literature:


 * Canterbury Tales-Geoffrey Chaucer
 * Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland- Raphael Holinshed
 * Translate the Bible into English- John Wycliffe
 * Vision of Piers Plowman- William Longland