Historical events in the Medieval Times?

Question

I need to do a report about a famous historical event in the Medieval Ages. It has to be one with a lot of facts and information that anyone could write about.

Answer 1

Here are some interesting events:

The Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Sterling Bridge
The Battle of Tours (Charles Martel stopped the Islamic invasion in this desperate battle)

Any one of those events would make an interesting and colorful report, full of action and heroism.

Answer 2

Why not The Plague? It literally changed the world. I'll try to make this brief:

An alliance between England and Spain didn't happen because the bride died of the plague. The French breathed a huge sigh of relief!

Jews were blamed for The Black Death - people said the Jewish people were poisoning the wells and resulted in dreadful persecution.

The Plague helped wipe out the Feudal System; workers became more valuable. There is a lot more, but this just gives you an idea of the huge impact this event caused.

There are many, many books written on the subject. A good place to start would be with Norman Cantor's book
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Jessica,

Go to the Library and look up Agincourt. There are tons of books dealing with the 100 years war fought between the Kings of England and France.

You may be able to find enough information about it on the internet, but make sure that it is a respectable website.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Stay away from the usual subjects on that and have a look at the English Monarch Edward The Third and the hundred years war.
That will give you plenty of material.

Answer 6

Why not report on the Crusades. There is an awful lot of material there - you can consider the matter both from the viewpoint of the Crusader knights and their Muslim opponents.

Answer 7

the Hundred Years War.
Since the time of William I of England, himself a French duke, French kings had alleged that the king of England was a vassal king to the king of France. Plantagenet kings had, at various times, pledged fealty to the French king. Edward III of England disliked this arrangement and wanted to break free of French domination. When the title to the French crown was disputed, Edward seized his opportunity. His pretext was to declare himself to be king of France and declared war on the French king, Phillip VI. He adopted a new coat of arms with the English lions quartered with the French Fleuer-de-lis and invaded France.

The war actually lasted for 117 years, but there were periodic intervals of peace. At first, the course of the war ran in England’s favour. Edward III took Calais and even captured the French king, John II, in battle. But when John II died in captivity before conceding the throne, his son, Charles V, fought back and even set fire to towns on the English coast.

When Edward’s grandson, Richard II, came to the throne, the fighting subdued but when the Lancastrian kings were in power, England made a concerted attempt to take France. Henry V won decisive victories and, after the battle of Agincourt, was named by the French king, Charles VI, as his successor. Henry’s son, Henry VI was crowned king of France before his first birthday.

Henry VI’s reign was characterised by internal fighting in England and the beginning of the Wars of The Roses. While England was racked by internal fighting, France, under the leadership of Joan of Arc, regained possession of their kingdom.

The war came to an end in 1453, when the French took back all their possessions except for Calais. The result of the war was that England was discouraged from Continental invasions and, from then on, foreign policy was directed at maintaining a discrete distance from Europe. The Royals kept the title ’King (or queen) of France’ which remained on English and British coins until it was relinquished by the Peace of Amiens in the reign of George III.

Answer 8

How about the signing of the Magna Carta?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

Good luck.

Answer 9

the rise and fall of the roman empire, doesn't get much bigger than that, go to the end of the roman empire site

Answer 10

Go to your local library