The Late Medieval History of Great Britian and Ireland - 7-14-2026 58

The year is 1000 AD. The great kingdom of England stands by the lesser kingdom of Wales in the south, the kingdom of Scotland sits in the north bordering Strathclyde to the south, and the island of Ireland remains divided between the Connacht, Ulster, Munster, and Leinster tribes. In 1018 AD, the Danish Vikings conquered England. In 1019 AD, Scotland conquered Strathclyde. In 1043 AD, England unconquered itself. In 1066 AD, king Edward of England died. He promised to both Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy that they could be the king after he died, and the king of Norway, Harold Hadrada, was promised to be the king of England if he conquered it. What resulted was 3 people who believed that they were supposed to be the next king. Harold Godwinson took control of England first. When William the Norman found out, he was very angry. He gathered his troops for an invasion of England, but the wind was going the wrong way. So he had to wait. William waited on the French coastline while Harold Godwinson waited on the English coastline. They waited, and waited, and waited. Until Harold Godwinson ran out of supplies for his troops, so they went back home. But William kept on waiting. Meanwhile, as the south-blowing wind was forcing William to stay in France, it was bring Harold Hadrada and his army south from Norway to England where he held a lot of raids. So Harold Godwinson got his army together and went up to fight the Vikings. They defeated the Vikings and they went home. Then, Harold Godwinson disbanded his army because he believed that he did not need them anymore. But then, the wind finally changed direction and the Normans sailed up to England. So Harold Godwinson had to regather his troops all over again. Harold Godwinson decided to wait for William to come and get him, but William burnt down a lot of villages which forced him to go down and fight. There they fought. In the end, William ended up victorious and he became the king of England. The people of Normandy were Vikings, whom had learned the French language, and the English language started to mix with Germanic origins and French origins. So now, the king of England rules both England and Normandy in northern France. In 1071 AD, England colonized southern Wales. In 1075 AD, England colonized parts of western Wales. In 1079 AD, Scotland colonized the rest of un-colonized Scotland. In 1094 AD, England colonized the central part of Wales. In 1096 AD, England joined the first crusade against Fatmid and Syria. In 1098 AD, Norway colonized the island to the west of Scotland. In 1137 AD, the Welsh people living in southern Wales held a revolution against England and joined Wales. Around this point, a rivalry was brewing with England against France and Scotland. In 1153 AD, England conquered most of France. In 1172 AD, England colonized the Leinster tribe on the island of Ireland. By 1200 AD, England colonzied the eastern part of northern Ireland. In 1204 AD, France conquered the northern part of English Normandy. By 1205 AD, France had unconquered all of its territory except for English Aquiatine. In 1225 AD, France conquered a small part of northern English Aquiatine. In 1236 AD, England colonized the Connacht and most of the Ulster in Ireland. In 1267 AD, Scotland and Norway signed a treaty that Scotland would gain the western Scottish islands and the Isle of Man for giving money to Norway and acknowledging Norway's claim to Orkney and Shetland. In 1283 AD, England conquered Wales. In 1297 AD, England conquered Scotland. In 1298 AD, Scotland unconquered itself. In 1299 AD, England conquered southern Scotland. In 1315 AD, Scotland reconquered southern Scotland. In 1319 AD, England colonized the entirety of Ireland. In 1325 AD, France conquered a small part of English Aquiatine. In 1334 AD, the Isle of Man was transfered from Scotland to England. In 1347 AD, England conquered Calais and from France. In 1357 AD, England conquered Brittany and more land around Aquiatine from France. In 1361 AD, England conquered deeper into southern France. In 1375 AD, France reconquered Brittany and most of England Aquiatine. In 1415 AD, England landed in northern Normandy and began a new conquest of France. In 1419 AD, England conquered northern Normandy and more land to the east from France. In 1421 AD, England conquered Brittany, Anjou, and Paris from France. In 1423 AD, England began conquering toward Rheims. In 1428 AD, England conquered south toward the Loire river. In 1430 AD, France reconquered a small part of their territory. In 1427 AD, France reconquered Paris and Brittany. In 1449 AD, France conquered southern Normandy from England. In 1451 AD, France conquered Normandy. In 1454 AD, France conquered England Aquiatine. 1509 AD is the year Henry IIIV became the king of England. For more history of England, see the next paragraph! -- Written by Vikenait Productions