About war at Home and Abroad
Middle Ages, also called medieval era, stretch over thousand years- from end of The Roman Empire in AD 476 until 1485.
Thankfully Handbook tell us to focus on period after the Norman Conquest.
It was time of constant wars. We can call this part of handbook “an introduction”.
English kings fought with Welsh, Irish and Scottish nobles over control of their lands.
They succeeded in Wales.
In 1284 King Edward I of England introduces the Statute of Rhuddlan- it annexed Wales to the Crown of England.
To maintaining the power, English built huge castles like Conway or Caernarvon.
Welsh were finally defeated by the middle of 15th century with the last rebellion defeated.
Since then English law and language were introduced.
Scottish fought with English bravely and were not conquered.
In 1314 Scottish led by Robert de Bruce defeated the English in Battle of Bannockburn.
Irish were independent nation in early Medieval era.
First English troops went to Ireland as allies of Irish king and they built their settlements there.
By 1200 they ruled over part of Ireland called Pale (close to Dublin) and later some of Irish lords accepted English kings' authority.
During Middle Ages English fought also abroad, like they took part in the Crusades ( Christian knights fighting over control of the Holly Land).
English fought a very long war with the French- it was called the Hundred Years War (actually it lasted 116 years).
One of the most famous battles of this war was Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
During this battle King Henry V with his small army was able to defeat French army.
The English left France (most of them) in 1450s.
Now I should start learning about Black Death but after long days of work this week I am not really able to focus on studying large chunks of the handbook.
Being too tired, I prefer to study smaller amount of material so I can keep my focus on high level for 30 minutes I use to read and absorb new information.
It is especially good way of studying if one must deal with dates.
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