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12 Jun
The Peasants’ Revolt Reaches London
- June 12th1381 -
In 1990 much of Britain was erupting in violence as the full impact of the hated Poll Tax was taking effect. Police were fighting running battles with rioters in Trafalgar Square as...
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06 Mar
The Capture of Château Gaillard
- 6th March 1204 -
Built in a single year, 1197-98, by Richard I, the Lionheart, Château Gaillard was one of the strongest and most up-to-date castles of its age. The word Gaillard itself means strong and...
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26 Aug
The Battle of Crécy
- 26thAugust 1346 -
A new type of warfare, that was to last until the nineteenth century, was unleashed by Edward III on the French in the fourteenth century – projectile warfare. Before gunfire the use of massed...
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on early Norman castles
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02 Aug
The Death of William II (Rufus)
- 2nd August 1100 -
Accident or assassination? “William Rufus had a red face, yellow hair, different coloured eyes, astonishing strength, though not very tall and his belly rather projecting. He had a...
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08 May
Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans
- 8th May 1429 -
A war that was to last over 100 years, fought between mighty Kings of Europe, including the finest knights both sides could muster over vast tracts of land was, in effect, decided by...
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