Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Middle ages - Coggle Diagram
Middle ages
The hundred years' war
1337-1453
broke out between England and French
For several years the conflict was dominated by England
1346
King Edward won a major battle at Crècy
1348
hostilities were interrupted by an outbreak of the plague
political and economic conflict
1356
the war resumed and England won the Battle of Poitiers
1415
Battle og Agincourt
won Henry V of Lancaster
1429
important turning point for French
Joan of Arc
burned at the stake
Victory of Orleans marked the end of English supremacy
England lost all fo French possessions in the following years
The wars of the roses
long civil war for England throne
York
Lancaster
1455-1485
Family
White
Red
1485
Henry Tudor of Lancaster
defeated and killed Richard III, the Yorkist King in the Battle of Bosworth
Henry married Elizabeth of York
sealing the peace between the two houses
First king of the Tudor dynasty
John Wycliffe and the Lollard Heresy
second half of 14th
Church caused dissatisfaction
1380s
John Wycliffe
attacked church and its greed for power and money
professor at Oxford University
His followers were called Lollards
early-15th century
Church and State
Lollards were burned on the stake
After the reign of Edward II
Successors
Edward III
Richard II
English history marked by
growing discontent with the State
attack on Church privileges
antagonism with France
In 1199
Richard I succeded by his brother
King John I
Oppressed his people
Forced into signing Magna Carta
In 1215
declared that King could not impose taxes without the consent of a council of noblemen
Limited king's power for the first time
1216-1272
Henry III
2 representations from each borough
Edward I
1295
The model Parliament
Model for current Parliament
1348
Bubonic plague
killed half of England's population
increasing demand for workers
landlords obliged to pay peasants
1351
The Statute of Labourers
determine non-negotiable wages
result
Peasents' Revolt
1381