Effigy of King Henry III in Westminster Abbey c. 1272. The king was at the very pinnacle of the social order under the feudal system. He relied on barons to rule his lands on his behalf, however, with the barons swearing allegiance to him in return. Valerie McGlinchey via Wikimedia Com...
The 1534 Royal Supremacy The formal title of the act was: “An act concerning the King’s Highness to be Supreme Head of the Church of England and to have authority to reform and redress all errors, heresies and abuses in the same.” When King Henry VIII became head of the church, it...
Born about 1004, Edward was the son of King Æthelred II and Queen Emma. He should have inherited the throne, but in 1016 Cnut of Denmark conquered England and drove him out. Exiled to Normandy, his mother’s homeland, Edward asserted his royal status. Norman charters reveal that by ...
In 1360, the Treaty of Bretigny temporarily brought hostilities to a halt. It ceded substantial territories to England, but it failed to provide a lasting resolution, and the war soon resumed. 7. Henry V’s Victory at Agincourt King Henry V of England achieved a resounding victory at the ...
Simon de Montfort led the baronial rebellion against King Henry III of England, which culminated in the Second Barons' War. Click for Simon de Montfort Worksheets in PDF and Google Slides format!
King Henry VI began his reign at a young age and inherited both the English and French crowns. During his reign, he had periods of debilitating mental ...
Charles needed to find a bride, and the country needed to find a way to protect itself from potential violence from the staunchly Catholic Spain. As early as 1608, diplomats had been arranging a marriage between Charles's brother Prince Henry and the daughter, or Infanta, of the king of ...
were made in the city against the fickleness of the vast and fierce population.” These would come to include what is now called the “White Tower,” the innermost building in the castle, which gained its named after the exterior was whitewashed in the 13th century by King Henry III. ...
The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between Simon de Montfort with other barons and King Henry III's forces.
The coronation of every monarch since William the Conqueror took place in the Abbey, except for Edward V and Edward VIII, as they were never crowned. Under the orders of King Henry VII, the first in the Tudor line of monarchs, a massive Lady Chapel was added to the Abbey, which was co...