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Hace 2 días · The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known.
Hace 1 día · The Viking attacks on England in the 9th century led to developments in tactics, including the use of shield walls in battle, and the Scandinavian seizure of power in the 11th century introduced housecarls, a form of elite household soldier who protected the king.
Hace 19 horas · In the 11th century, Christian conflict with Muslims on the southern peripheries of Christendom was sponsored by the Church, including the siege of Barbastro and the Norman conquest of Sicily. In 1074, Gregory VII planned a display of military power to reinforce the principle of papal sovereignty.
Hace 2 días · The First Crusade (1095-1102) was a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, the Crusade was a success with Christian forces taking control of Jerusalem on 15 July 1099.
Hace 5 días · The Heian period in Japan, from 794 to 1185 CE, began with the relocation of the capital to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). Political power initially shifted to the Fujiwara clan through strategic intermarriage with the imperial family.
Hace 2 días · Williams looks at how the Viking invasions of the 11th century turned the social world upside down, and how Archbishop Wulfstan’s ‘Sermon of the Wolf’ and his ‘Promotion Law’ are both part of the same programme designed to turn everything the right way up again.
Hace 3 días · How did the functions and designs of castles change from the 11th to the 14th century? Between the 11th and 14th centuries, castles transitioned from simple wooden structures to massive stone fortresses.
