A | B |
Normans | conquerors of England |
1066 | Norman conquest of England |
William I | First Norman King of England |
Harold | Saxon King of England |
Hugh of France | Crusader |
Alexis | Emperor of Byzantium |
Peter the Hermit | "Holy Man" who led people on crusade |
1215 | Magna Charta |
King John | signed Magna Charta |
Richard I | Crusader King of England |
Henry I | founder of Plantagenet line |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | helped pay ransom for Richard I |
Thomas Beckett | made a saint |
Canterbury cathedral | where Thomas Beckett died |
Henry V | conquered French Territory |
House of Lancaster | White Rose |
House of York | Red Rose |
1348 | First arrival of black plague |
Richard III | last Yorkist King |
Henry VII | defeated Richard III |
Plantagenet | dynasty of English kings |
Henry VI | insane king |
Margaret of Angou | ruled England in husband's place |
Joan of Arc | French heroine - retake French territory |
Constantinople | another name for Byzantium |