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Normans to Tudors 

Elizabeth I meets the French ambassador – 1597

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After the French ambassador André Herault met Queen Elizabeth I towards the end of her reign, he sent a detailed account

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Jousting during the Hundred Years War – 1382

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The French chronicler Jean Froissart recounts how an English knight won his spurs in a joust of 1382.

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Black Death comes to England – 1348

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Black Death devastated England and caused massive social disruption. Henry Knighton saw it at first hand.

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Scotland declares its independence – 1320

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In the Declaration of Arbroath of 1320, Scotland asserted its independence as a nation. Here is the text in full.

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William the Conqueror crowned King of England – 1066

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William the Conqueror was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066. Orderic Vitalis wrote the nearest we have to a contemporary

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