1066 to 1300
Maggie Clemens, Andrea
Kjelland, Chris Metcalfe, Mike
Rohwedder
Historical Events 1066
1066 Battle of Hastings
1066 King Harold II crowned
1070 Earl Moreton takes Moresk Castle
for William the Conqueror
1086 Domesday: Bodmin,
Launceston,Liskeard, Matele, St.
Germans (some fairs recorded).
1100’s
1099 Crusades (to 1250)
1100 Henry I, youngest son of William
the Conqueror, King of England (to
1135), following assassination of
William Rufus
1114 Matilda, daughter of Henry I,
marries Emperor Henry V
1200’s
1209 Cambridge University is founded
1216 Henry III becomes King of
England at age 9
1235 Cornish militia fight against the
Scots
1272 Edward I, King of England (to
1307)
Authors
Chaucer (Canterbury Tales)
King John (Magna Carta)
King Alfred (poet)
Cynewulf, Caedmon (poets)
Unauthored Works in 11th
Century
Deor
Seafarer
The Wanderer
The Dream of the Rood
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beowulf
The End