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3 08, 2017

Norman Conquest of England – Medieval Europe

By |2019-09-11T11:25:53-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Norman Conquest of England – Medieval Europe

Outer walls of Caen castle, Normandy, France The Vikings settle in northern France Around 1000 AD, some of the Vikings who had been raiding France got permission from the French king to settle down and live [...]

2 08, 2017

King Henry II of England – Medieval history

By |2019-08-17T23:05:42-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on King Henry II of England – Medieval history

Henry II of England: Matilda's son Queen Matilda of England When William the Conqueror died in 1087 AD, he left the throne of England to his sons William II and then Henry, [...]

2 08, 2017

Matilda of Canossa – Medieval Europe

By |2019-12-06T12:22:08-08:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Matilda of Canossa – Medieval Europe

Matilda of Canossa (Vatican Museum) Northern Italy around 1000 AD By 1000 AD, the invading Lombards had married local rich men and women of Italy. They mixed their families together. A few rich families, [...]

2 08, 2017

Vikings – Early Medieval Scandinavia

By |2019-09-11T10:32:14-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Vikings – Early Medieval Scandinavia

A Viking ship. Viking trade took the Vikings all over the world. Who were the Vikings? The Vikings were Indo-European people from Scandinavia (modern Denmark, Norway and Sweden). Around the 400s AD the Vikings started to [...]

2 08, 2017

Otto the Great and the Holy Roman Empire

By |2018-05-07T11:20:05-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Otto the Great and the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire: Otto the Great (on a seal) What happened after Charlemagne? After the death of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperors got weaker and weaker. By 924 AD, a hundred years later, nobody [...]

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