Contents Listing
Medieval Realms
Chapter 1 1.1 This is Medieval England
Chapter 2 2.1 Why was England invaded in 1066 2.2 William v. Harold 1066 2.3 King of England? 2.4 A new way of ruling? 2.5 What were the early Norman Castles like?
Chapter 3 3.1 Power over people's minds 3.2 How was the church organised? 3.3 Pilgrims and holy days 3.4 Fountains Abbey: beginnings 3.5 What did the monks do all day? 3.6 Nuns and nunneries
Chapter 4 4.1 Who will rule? 4.2 Henry II, law and order 4.3 Church v. State: the murder of an archbishop in 1170 4.4 Crown v. Barons: King John and Magna Carta 1215
Chapter 5 5.1 What were the crusades? 5.2 The Siege of Acre 1189-91 5.3 How did the Third Crusade (1189-92) affect England?
Chapter 6 6.1 What was a medieval village like? 6.2 Cuxham: who did what? 6.3 Cuxham the Manor Farm 6.4 Cuxham: patterns of life 6.5 Village Crimes
Chapter 7 7.1 What happened in Wales, Scotland and Ireland? 7.2 The first settlement of Ireland 7.3 Taking over Wales 7.4 Losing Scotland
Chapter 8 8.1 Medieval towns 8.2 Lincoln: mayors, markets and guilds 8.3 Southampton: merchents and trade 8.4 What was it like to live in a medieval town
Chapter 9 9.1 The Black Death - a world-wide plague? 9.2 How did people react to the plague? 9.3 The Black Death at Cuxham 9.4 How did the Black Death affect other places?
Chapter 10 10.1 The Peasents' Revolt 1381 10.2 What happened in Suffolk? 10.3 Treachery and death at Smithfield!
Chapter 11 11.1 The Hundred Years' War: Edward III and the battle of Crecy 1346 11.2 The Hundred Years' War: enry V and the battle of Agincourt 1415 11.3 The Wars of the Roses: York v. Lancaster 11.4 Richard III - the last Yorkist king of England
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