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England went through almost 1000 years of change during the Middle Ages. It might be best to divide that time into periods, each with its own characteristics.
The Anglo-Saxon ancestors of the English seem to have begun invading Britain at just about the time the Middle Ages started. They produced a large number of small kingdoms, dominated by a pagan culture. They were exposed to Christianity through interaction with Celtic Christians they conquered, and in some cases married. The relationship between the Celts and Germanic invaders is somewhat obscure, as can be seen from the fact that the first three kings of Anglo-Saxon Wessex, presumably Germanic, all had Brythonic (Early Welsh) names.
In the next stage of development, the kingdoms consolidated, and became Christian, as St. Augustine began his mission in Canterbury in the last years of the 6th century. Rival kingdoms were combined, and reduced in number. Today we speak of the Heptarchy, which were seven kingdoms derived from the many at the beginning. Mercia and Wessex predominated, with Wessex ultimately uniting Anglo-Saxon England. The language of this time was Old English.
Vikings invaded, taking about the northern half of England, creating a nation there known as Danelaw, which was rather successfully opposed by the English under King Alfred the Great. The Vikings were converted to Christianity in time, and set up royal marriage alliances with the Anglo Saxons. England once more became united, first under a Danish royal family, but it reverted to Anglo-Saxons in a short time.
The earliest English literature dates from about this time. King Alfred had the goal of having all English freemen, most of the population, educated in English, and this gave great impetus to the recording of English language literature, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and an English translation of The Bible.
There were slaves among the English population of this time, mostly criminals being punished. Serfdom was not as clearly defined as it became later.
The Normans invaded, bringing great changes. The predominant families of nobility all spoke French, and French feudalism was established. Serfs became tied to their land, and were technically not allowed to move away from the manors they lived on. On the other hand, slavery was abolished by William the Conqueror and his son, Henry I.
The ties to the Roman Catholic Church became stronger, and Latin liturgy predominated.
The fact that the English nobility spoke French meant that a huge number of French words came into the English language, but the literature of the time was nearly all in French, as it was the French speaking nobility who patronized the poets, musicians and artists of the day.
After England was conquered and stability was established, the English kings began to increase their presence outside England, making the country a European power. They tried, somewhat unsuccessfully, to achieve complete domination over the Irish and Scots. They achieved dominance over the Welsh. They increased their holdings in France, and established domination over some parts of southern Italy and the Holy Land. Ultimately, this led to conflict with the kings of France, and the Hundred Years' War.
The English peasant freeholders and tenant farmers achieved a level of importance and fame, as they provided the yeomen who won great victories over French knights at such battles as Crecy, Poiters, and Agincourt. During this time, many or most English peasants were serfs, and the predominant style of life was manorial. Nevertheless, towns and cities grew, trade became important, and the middle class developed.
At about the same time, literature in Middle English began to appear, culminating in the poetry of Chaucer.
Also during this time, there were a number of conflicts that arose between the English kings and the popes. Two kings in particular who are remembered for this are Henry II and John. Both kings suffered from damage to their reputations. Henry's mischief resulted in Thomas Becket becoming a saint, and gave the people a very popular pilgrimage to Canterbury. But the deal John struck to put himself back into the good graces of the Church included a direct tax by the Church on English peasants, which created a lot of resentment towards Rome.
The Black Death brought about more changes. The background religious turmoil that had gone on in England rose to greater prominence under John Wycliffe, and economic problems led to the Peasant Revolt of 1381. Serfdom was rather quickly made obsolete. The English began to be less successful in their foreign military activities, as their attention was shifted to the War of the Roses. And the end of the War of the Roses also ended the Middle Ages.
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It was a a standard food eaten by all people living in Great Britain from neolithic times on into the Middle Ages
The four major colonial powers in the Middle Ages were Britain, France, Spain and Holland.
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The third period of the Middle Ages was the Late Middle Ages. The first is called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Age. The second period was the High Middle Ages.
The relationships in the middle ages were hard. They had to work on the farms and cook for themselves.
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D. P. Kirby has written: 'History and tradition in Britain in the early Middle Ages' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, Middle Ages, History
The period of time from 500 AD to 1500 AD is called the Middle Ages.
It was a a standard food eaten by all people living in Great Britain from neolithic times on into the Middle Ages
Some duties that women had back in the middle ages where things like cooking and cleaning.Makeing weapons.
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The story appears to take place in Britain during the middle ages.
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