On this date, November 20th, in medieval history: 1272 – Edward I (“Longshanks”) begins his reign as King of England 1316 – John I King of France dies; he was born only five days earlier on November 15 1376 – Richard of Bordeaux (Richard II), son of the Black Prince,… Read More »Medieval Timeline: Today in Medieval History
On this date, November 12th, in medieval history: 607 – Death of Boniface III 1035 – Death of Canute the Great (or Cnut or Knut), norse king of England and Norway and Denmark (and parts of Sweden); he ruled England from 1016 – 1035 *Note: image is of a silver… Read More »Medieval Timeline: Today in Medieval History
On this date, November 6th, in medieval history: 1282 – The Battle of Moel-y-Don (or The Battle of Menai Strait): Llewelyn II defeats the English army 1429 – Henry VI crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, a month before his eighth birthday
On this date, October 31st, in medieval history: 1147 -Robert, the Earl of Gloucester, dies 1517 – Martin Luther presents his “95 theses” to the Catholic Church, which he may or may not have posted on the door of the castle church at Wittenburg (scholars and historians debate this point)
On this date, October 21st, in medieval history: 1096 – Turks attack and slaughter the army of the People’s Crusade near Civetot 1422 – Death of Charles VI (the “Well-loved” and the “Mad”), King of France
On this date, October 6th, in medieval history: 877 – Death of Charles “the Bald,” king of the West Frankish Kingdom 891 – Formosus elected as Pope 1101 – Death of St. Bruno, confessor, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of the Carthusian Order
On this date, October 1st, in medieval history: 1207 – Birth of Henry III, King of England 1273 – Rudolf of Hapsburg crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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… Read More »Today in Medieval History: The Battle of Stamford Bridge
On this date, September 24th, in medieval history: 768 – Death of Pepin II (“The Short”), father of Charlemagne 787 – Second Council of Nicea reconvenes, after being interrupted earlier (in August) by soldiers still loyal to the memory of Emperor Constantine V 1143 – Death of Pope Innocent II… Read More »Medieval Timeline: Today in Medieval History