Notes

• 1066- Battle of Hastings
• 1086-Doomsday Book
• 1087-1100- King William Rufus invades Wales and builds castles
• 1100-1135- Williams brother becomes King
• 1135-1154- King Stephan, 1099- first Crusade where Jerusalem is re-taken from the muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II, 1118 - knights Templar is founded to protect jerusalem and european pilgrims on their journey, 1147- second crusade
• 1154-1189-- reign of Henry the second, 1184- the Inquisitions begin-- they try to convert Jews and convert heritics(anyone who is saying stuff bad about the church) infamous in Spain (Spanish Inquisition)
• 1189-1199--King John- Died in the Crusades, 1190- the third crusade, Saladin united all the muslims to fight in the crusades, they recapture jerusalem and kick out hte europeans
• 1199-1216--reign of King John, he wasn't liked, 1200- he starts the 4th crusade resulting in the sack of constantinople, 1212- the childrens crusade, 1215/1215 the barrons revolt and in *1215 there is the signing of the magna carta- forced King John that the monarch has to play by the rule of law, before the kings were above the law, but now they are not -foundation of the Constinutional democracy
• 1216-1272-King Henry the III--1258 the provisions of Oxford, had to find a new form of government in England,
• 1272-1307--King Edward II- 1273- Rudolph I of germany elected the holy roman emperor, 1274- thomas aquinas createds the Summa Theologiae, 1295- Marco Polo publishes his tales of china, 1297-William Wallace emerges as Scottish leader
• 1307-1327--King Edward II- 1307-knights templar rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of france with the backing of the Pope, people thought they were becoming too powerful, 1311-1315 - the great famine
• 1327-1377--King Edward II-the 100 year starts between the french and english, they both become stronger than italy because they are unified..1st part of war- edwardian war (1337-1360) 2nd Caroline war (1369-1389) 3rd lancastrian war (1415-1429), 1347 the black death
• 1377-1399--King Richard II-1380 chauncer wrote the canterbury tales