Medieval England: Key Events and Concepts

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Black Death

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plague in 14th century Europe, 1348 in England

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Year Black Death reached England

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1348

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Main cause of Black Death

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spread by fleas on rats

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Effect of Black Death on population

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about one third of England's people

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Feudalism

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system of land ownership and duties

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Peasants' Revolt

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uprising by English peasants in 1381

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Norman Control of England

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established after 1066 by William the Conqueror

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Battle of Hastings

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Normans defeated Anglo-Saxons

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Domesday Book

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of England ordered by William I in 1086

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Serf

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tied to the land under feudalism