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Late Middle Ages

  • Robin HoodThe Lincoln Cathedral Manuscript, dating from approximately 1420, contains the earliest surviving reference to Robin Hood with the line "Robyn hode in…
  • Late Middle AgesAround 1350, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt. A series of famines and plagues, including the Great Famine of 1315, 1317 and the…
  • England in the Late Middle AgesHenry III took the throne in 1216 while much of his continental holdings were occupied by French forces. Barons rebelled against him during what became known…
  • Royal entryOn the 5th of April 1127, at twilight, the king and newly elected Count William of Flanders entered Bruges. The canons of Saint Donatian met them with relics…