UK’s

Late Middle Ages

1300 - 1450

David McDowall’s “An Illustrated History of Britain”

 1305

Edward I
The Hammer of Scots
1272

Edward II
1307

Edward III
1327

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The Auld ◊ France and Scotland
◊ Common enemy

Alliance 1295
(England)

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The REAL dark ages
1348

◊ Growth in population
(urbanisation)
◊ Agricultural crisis (Soil is tired)
◊ THE BLACK DEATH
◊ Other plagues
◊ Better paid labour

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easants’ Discontent ◊ Richard II (11 yo)
◊ Taxes (+15)

State
◊ East Anglia and Kent in revolt
(richer parts)
◊ “Don’t worry, we’ll give you
everything you want” and then he
didn’t
◊ Pope as a foreigner

Church
◊ First attempts at translating the
Bible (1396) – John Whycliffe
◊ Henry IV ‘s persecution of Lollards
Kingship in crisis
◊ Richard was young and proud ◊ Edward II and Richard II killed

Ambitious Lords
 1327

Edward III
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Edmund Henry of Lancaster (IV)

1399
Earl of March (7 yo)
Hmm, The
french
◊ Edward III claimed the right to
the French Crown (???) (1337)
◊ Long periods withouth any
fighting
◊ Henry V, brave and wise
◊ French King was “mad”
◊ English were better equipped
(longbow)
◊ Treaty of Troye (1420)

Henry V, heir to the Mad King

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Joan of Arc
◊ Young, peasant
◊ Heavenly voices
◊ Lead the French Army agains the
English and won twice.
◊ Captured, given to the Church and
burnt as a witch in 1431.
 100* years war
1337 1346 1356 1415 1420 1429 1453

Battle of Crécy Battle of Agincourt

Battle of Beaugency
Edward III Battle of
declares war to Poitiers Battle of Castillon
the French

Treaty of Troye

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 Lancaster House
Henry iv

Henry v

Henry vi
 War of the
Roses
◊ Henry VI had periods of
mental illness
◊ They had lost a war
◊ Henry’s grandfather had
taken the throne by force
◊ Lancastrians vs Yorkists Lancaster York
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Henry iv
1413
Henry v
1422
Henry vi Edward 1461

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Edward v 1483

Richard III 1483

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