

The Grey Friars’ Chronicle reports 24 June as the date of its arrival, although it likely arrived sometime earlier but took time to spread. Timeline of Medieval England Anglo-Saxon England (500-1066) Anglo-Norman England (1066-1154) Angevin England (1154-1217) Plantagenet England (1217-1500).

6.The Black Death arrives: 24 June 1348īubonic plague had already laid waste to much of Europe and Asia, but in 1348 it arrived in England, probably through the port of Bristol. The resulting conflict divided Europe for over 100 years. During the early Middle Ages, tensions between Rome and Constantinople increased, leading ultimately to the Schism of 1054.Separated by language (Latin and Greek, respectively) and liturgy, the Western and Eastern churches were divided further in the early 8th century by the imperial program of iconoclasm (the prohibition of the veneration of images of Christ and the saints), increased. That year, Philip VI of France seized the English held territory of Aquitaine which led Edward III to challenge the might of the French by declaring himself rightful King of France through his mother’s line (she had been the sister of the previous King of France: Charles IV). I suppose their rationale is that Greco-Roman civilization simply collapsed at these dates. This semi-vassalage continued until the Hundred Years War erupted in 1337. Then then it ended with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. On his return journey, however, William’s ship was wrecked and the young prince drowned, sending England into Anarchy. Drama began to thrive in the late medieval period, and more records of performances and plays exist from this time. The timeline falls between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.

Most years were denoted by the regnal year, while the. The clergy was also opposed to some types of performance. The Dark Ages were between the 5th and 14th centuries, lasting 900 years. The Dark Ages is a term for the period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. During the middle ages there was no fixed method of expressing the date. One of the most notable results of this vassalage occurred in 1120 when King Henry I sent his son and heir, William Adelin, to kneel before the French king. The early Medieval period provides few surviving records of Medieval plays due to the low literacy rate of the general population. Edward III of England whose claim to the French throne launched the 100 Years War.įrom 1066,England had been linked to France, since William I was Duke of Normandy and as such a vassal of the French King.
