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The rise and fall of the Knights Templar. The Templars on trial: a very muted inquisition. More on the Knights Templar. Medieval kings and queens. From William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England, to Henry Tudor, who took the English throne after defeating and killing Richard III at the battle of Bosworth in , the medieval period is full of fascinating kings and queens…. Did fear drive Richard III to the throne?
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More on William the Conqueror. Top medieval podcasts. Queen Matilda. The Library Thomas Becket and 16th-century swimming. The plague, Sir Walter Ralegh and Jerusalem. Richard III. Richard III was the last Yorkist king of England, whose death at the battle of Bosworth in signified the end of the Wars of the Roses and marked the start of the Tudor age. His remains were discovered beneath a Leicester car park in General Modern.
Historical figures: of the most famous people through history — in chronological order. The forgotten matriarch of the Wars of the Roses. Richard III: A hostage to fortune. More on Richard III. King John. King John c— was king of England from until his death in October and is most famous for signing Magna Carta in Was King John really that bad? Early medieval. Was King John murdered? More on King John. King Arthur. Most commonly known as a fifth-century warrior who supposedly led the fight against Saxon invaders, King Arthur is a composite of layers of different legends, written by different authors at different times.
King Arthur: 6 things you need to know about the warrior king and his legend. It was also dominated by a surge in Christianity leading to the building of great cathedrals, clearing of large tracts of land by peasants, settling of new towns and villages, and building of great castles by local nobility. Knights and kings were attacking the Holy Lands of the Middle East in the name of God and with the blessing of the Christian Church during this volatile period, which is sometimes called the Golden Age of Chivalry.
The goal was to drive the Muslim tribes out of Palestine so that they could control the sacred lands of Jesus and the Bible. The crusades happened in waves over the centuries as power shifted between the Christians and the Muslims, who fought back and reclaimed their territories. Each crusade generally lasted for a year or more before the area was secured and the queen could return home. By comparison, other expeditions into China or India could last two or three years.
By , the Crusades were at an end and the crusading soldiers abandoned the area and returned home. After conquering Jerusalem in , an army was established to keep control of the city.
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