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 […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on March 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
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 […]
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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: Anglo-Saxons, Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m hoping to keep up a regular segment of famous battles in medieval history. These posts are intended to be short summaries of the battles and the circumstances surrounding the event, nothing too lengthy.
The first battle is the Battle of Fontenay, fought on June 25, 841, in eastern France. The battle involved Louis the German […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 11th, 2008 | 13 Comments »
The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place on September 25th, 1066, between Harold Godwinson (Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England) and his brother Tostig, who had allied himself with Harald Sigurdsson (”Hardrada”), the King of Norway. This battle proceeded the famous Battle of Hastings between Duke William of Normandy and King Harold, and […]
Filed under: Anglo-Saxons, Norman Conquest, Vikings, Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval Timeline, Medieval History on September 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Constructed in little more than 12 months by Richard I of England (”The Lionheart”), Chateau Gaillard was an imposing castle upon the French landscape, built to deter King Philip Augustus of France from invading Richard’s Norman territories. The stronghold was placed along the Seine River on a cliff extending above the towns of Grand and […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Medieval History on February 9th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
