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Let’s start with this story of King John and how Magna Carta came about:

What is Magna Carta?

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval periodlasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.

Let’s learn more about what happened after the Norman conquest.

Here is a good explanation of feudal system:

and here is the story of Domesday Book introduced by Duke William:

And putting both in summary:

Before we moved on to the Norman Conquest in British history, let’s learn some what happened to French at that time, a very brief one.

Now, here is a brief one about the Norman Conquest

  • The Norman Conquest
    Click on the slide to learn what happened in 1066, when King Edward the Confessor died without leaving an heir

Map:

map-normandy

And as a wrap up, here is what we have learnt:

Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zcw76sg

Hope you enjoy this Viking rap 🙂

I also like this one from John Green, very funny (with the Thor, thunder and how to train your dragon … ) and yet informative:

Vikings

The Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia:Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name ‘Viking’ comes from a language called ‘Old Norse’ and means ‘a pirate raid’. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be ‘going Viking’.

Let’s start with a briefing on the Viking Age:

To wrap up, here is the Vikings in a nutshell:

Map:

vikings

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