Magna Carta
1215
King was now bound by law, can't just do what he wants
Crusades were a failure
Children' s Crusade - many children died
Ongoing attempt to limit the power of the king
1337 - Hundred Years' War
Power for all of Europe
First Part = Edwardian War
Second Part - Caroline War
Third Part - Lancastrian War
Lasts 116 years
Rise of Nationalism
Italy remains un-unified
The Canterbury Tales - Jeffry Chaucer
Tales about pilgrims
1381 - Peasants revolt in England
Henry V leads soldiers in battle of Agincourt
He is outnumbered and he wins
The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence - 1434
1453 - Hundred Year's War ends
1455 - Johan Gutenberg - prints bible for the first time
War of Roses begins in England
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