After securing his hold over majority of England, William the Conqueror invaded Scotland in 1072. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
This year King William led a naval force and a land force to Scotland, and beset that land on the sea-side with ships, whilst he led his land-force in at the Tweed; but he found nothing […]
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On this day, July 27, in medieval history:
1214 - Battle of Bouvines: King Philip II of France defeated the forces of Otto IV (Holy Roman Emperor), the count of Flanders, and King John of England, in effect establishing a stronger position for the French monarchy
Read contemporary accounts of the Battle of Bouvines.
Most sources I’ve read […]
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The Battle of Barnet, one of the critical battles in the Wars of the Roses, involved the forces of Edward IV and Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick. At one time, Edward and Richard had been allies, both of them overthrowing Henry VI (of Lancaster) and putting Edward on the throne. As a reward for […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on July 13th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Fought between the armies of Henry II and rebellious factions in Normandy, Brittany and England, the Anglo-Norman rebellion takes only a brief page in the volumes of middle ages history. Lasting approximately two years, Henry II battled against his own sons to maintain control of his kingdom.
His eldest three sons, Henry and Richard (later the […]
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On May 14, 1264, Earl Simon de Montfort the Younger and the baronial party marched on Lewes in Sussex, England, defeating King Henry III and taking him prisoner. This battle was part of the Second Baron’s War, which lasted for approximately three years (1263/4 - 1266/7). Edward I, Henry’s son, escaped from Lewes and gathered […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Medieval Timeline, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on May 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Battle of Courtrai, also known as the Battle of the Golden Spurs, took place in 1302 when King Philip IV (”The Fair”) sent his army of French knights, supported by crossbowmen and light infantry, to put down an uprising of urban Flemish militias from Bruges and Ghent (now in modern day Belgium). The two armies met […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on March 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Also known as the Battle of Legnica
Armies involved: The Mongols vs. the armies of Poland and the Teutonic Knights
In late March of 1241, the Mongol army, under the commands of Hordu (eldest grandson of Chinggis Khan) and Peta, swept down through southern Poland and ambushed a division of the Polish army, and then pushed on […]
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On the winter morning of Tuesday, November 7, 1189, the rebel forces of Miles of Gloucester approached the town of Worcester. Miles of Gloucester was part of the rebel army who opposed King Stephen, and his army came to Worcester to lay waste to it and burn it to the ground. According to John of […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on January 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
During the medieval period, the Catholic Church condemned any sect of Christianity as heresy that differed from the tradional Catholic teachings. One of these sects, called the Albigensians (or Cathars), came out of southern France, and Pope Innocent III saw this group as a threat to the unity of Chirstendom at a time when he […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on December 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Aethelbad’s War
Date: 733 - 750
Aethelbad’s War involved the kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex, and Northumbria. The Mercian king, Aethelbad (r. 716 - 757), and his cousin Offa — who was to be Athelbad’s successor — invaded Wessex and Northumbria with the vision of unifying England under Mercian rule. At the time, Mercia was one of the […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
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