Medieval Britain Normans 1066

The Middle Ages in Britain cover a huge period.

They take us from the shock of the French flag

Norman Conquest, which began in 1066, to the

devastating Black Death of 1348, the Hundred Years' War

with France and the War of the Roses, which finally

ended in 1485.

The Normans built impressive castles, imposed a feudal

system and carried out a census of the country.

Work starts :on Canterbury Cathedral ,on The Tower of London, on York Minster

Civil War: The War of the Roses starts   The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England.

The final victory went to a Lancastrian claimant, Henry Tudor, who defeated the last Yorkist king, Richard III.