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Votes:0 back to Scriptorium Notes on Fourteenth-Century History I. The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) A. Beginnings England, 1327: Edward III becomes king France, 1328: Philippe VI (de Valois) ignores better claim of Edward
of England, ascends throne 1337: Edward claims French throne, war begins B. Major Battles CrÉcy, 26 Aug. 1346: English bowmen defeat a far superior force
led by Philippe VI; French losses (ca. 11,000, incl. 1,200 knights) exceed
entire English army. Poitiers, 19 Sept. 1356: 6,000 English under Edward the Black Prince
vs. 20,500 French under King Jean II; bowmen throw French chivalry into
confusion, English mounted flanks converge, 4,500 French killed, King Jean
and his sons captured. English losses light. Agincourt, 25 Oct. 1415: 5,700 English (mostly archers) under Henry
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Votes:0 Medieval Europe The Magna Carta Medieval Proofs for the Existence of God Selections from Aquinas' Summa Theologica : On War On Killing On Cheating with Regard to Buying and Selling On Usury On Lying On Drunkenness On Lust Literature and the Middle Time Important Dates in Medieval History Quiz . . . Chronology Essays Images Internet Sites Texts In history texts, medieval European history often goes by its older
soubriquet, the Middle Ages. Typically, the period stretches from the
collapse of IMPERIAL
ROME to the coming together of the forces of the RENAISSANCE in Europe. It was the intelligentsia of the Renaissance that labelled the
years preceding their own as middle -- caught between the ethos of the
archaic civilizations Greece and Rome and the revitalized learning of
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Votes:0 The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies Sponsored by Georgetown University ita Daedalus implet / innumeras errore vias vixque ipse reverti / ad limen potuit. (Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.166-68). Unlike the domus Daedali , the Labyrinth is designed with clear paths. You will have Ariadne's Thread to follow as you explore the innumeras vias . For up-to-date information, please visit labyrinth.georgetown.edu The new Labyrinth runs on Web/database technology that allows you to sort the information to meet your needs. Ongoing improvements to the Labyrinth are made possible by the support of the Georgetown University Medieval Studies Program . About the Labyrinth About the Project The Developers Information about labyrinths Search the Labyrinth Labyrinth Statistics What's New The Labyrinth Libr Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Some Important Dates in Medieval Spanish History Return to Main Menu 5th Century, CE Spain ceases to be a part of the Roman Empire (which splits in two with its better, richer half moving its capital east to Constantinople) and experiences a series of invasions by the Vandals, Suevi, and Alani, and then is dominated by Visigothic rule. It must be noted that the Visigoths never achieved cultural dominion over the region. To a large extent they adopted that of the Hispano-Romans, composing their official documents in Latin and eventually accepting Christianity as the official faith of their Empire of Toledo, which stretched from Asturias to Morocco. 406 The decline of the Roman Empire in Spain marks a period of invasions by Germanic tribes such as the Suevi, Vandals and Alani. Though the Rom Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Royal Genealogies -- Menu Genealogy files Index About this document This is a conversion of the ROYAL92.GED Gedcom file (from the ROOTS-L list) into a convenient HTML format
(with an index), for use with WWW browsers. The initial step in the
conversion process was done using the ged2html program by Gene Stark
<stark@cs.sunysb.edu>, with some re-massaging of the output into a more convenient
form. More comprehensive royal genealogy information is available from Brian Tompsett over
the web at http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/gedcom.html ,
but this can be somewhat slow and cumbersome to access (at least if you're outside
the UK), and the GEDCOM sources are not yet being made available. The small heraldic .gif is due to Jeff Alvey. All opinions in the notes and annotations
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