http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/ 2026-06-10T12:50:28+00:00 http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/ http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=favicon.ico text/html 2017-12-25T00:23:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=wars_of_the_roses_background&rev=1514161383&do=diff England >> Plantagenet Wars of the Roses: Background The Wars of the Roses were a series of battles fought between the supporters of the House of Lancaster (Lancastrians - red rose) and the supporters of the House of York (Yorkists - white rose). Both houses were direct descendants of king text/html 2021-05-22T15:31:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=anglo_saxon_england&rev=1621697465&do=diff Medieval England Early Middle Ages Anglo-Saxon England c.500–1066 Rulers of East Anglia Rulers of Mercia Rulers of Northumbria Rulers of Kent Rulers of Essex Rulers of Wessex Some key notes leading up to the formation of England as a single entity: The Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, Kent, Essex, Sussex, and Wessex) had, by the ninth century, been consolidated into four: text/html 2017-12-22T01:43:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=chronology_wars_of_the_roses&rev=1513907025&do=diff England >> Plantagenet Wars of the Roses: Background The Wars of the Roses were a series of battles fought between the supporters of the House of Lancaster (Lancastrians - red rose) and the supporters of the House of York (Yorkists - white rose). Both houses were direct descendents of king text/html 2017-12-23T17:12:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=act_of_accord_1460&rev=1514049155&do=diff England >> Plantagenet Act of Accord 1460 From: “An English Chronicle of the Reigns of Richard II., Henry IV., Henry V., and Henry VI.” Ed. the Rev. John Silvester Davies, M.A., pub. 1856, ps.99-106 Available online here at archive.org Folio 207b The xxxix. yere of kyng Harry text/html 2017-12-19T16:54:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=athelstan_925-940&rev=1513702445&do=diff England >> Anglo-Saxon Æthelstan “Noble Stone” King of the Anglo-Saxons: 924 to 927 King of the English: 927 to 939 Son of Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Preceded by: Edward the Elder Succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I. The first Anglo-Saxon ruler of the whole of England after conquering the final Viking kingdom of York in 927. However, the Vikings regained York after Æthelstan's death in 939 text/html 2017-12-25T04:03:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=henry_vii_1457-1509&rev=1514174613&do=diff England >> Tudor Henry VII - 1457-1509 Born: 28 January 1457 Died: 21 April 1509 Father: Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond Mother: Margaret Beaufort Married: Elizabeth of York Issue: Arthur 1486-1502 Margaret 1489-1541 Henry VIII 1491-1547 Elizabeth 1492-1495, died young text/html 2019-12-08T19:02:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=internal_links&rev=1575831730&do=diff Useful Links Regnal Year Calculator Convert Roman Numerals Smart JPEG and PNG compression Internet Archive Wikipedia Portal:England Portal:Middle Ages Early modern Britain Regnal years of English monarchs British America Beaufort, John, first Earl of Somerset (Dictionary of National Biography) Beaufort, John, first Earl of Somerset and Marquis of Dorset and of Somerset 1373?-1410, born about 1373, was the eldest son of John of Gaunt [see John, 1340-1399], by his … text/html 2017-12-19T16:54:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=edmund_940-946&rev=1513702474&do=diff England >> Anglo-Saxon Edmund I the Magnificent King of the English: 939-946 Son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. Preceded by: Æthelstan Succeeded by his brother Eadred. text/html 2018-01-12T14:44:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=magna_carta_1215-1225&rev=1515768241&do=diff England >> Plantagenet >> First Barons' War The Great Charter Magna Carta - 15 June 1215 JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting. text/html 2017-12-24T22:36:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=richard_of_york_1411-1460&rev=1514155015&do=diff England >> Plantagenet Richard of York - 1411-1460 3rd Duke of York Born: 21 September 1411 Died: 30 December 1460 Father: Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge Mother: Anne de Mortimer Married: Cecily Neville Issue: Anne of York 1439-1476 Henry of York 1441, died young text/html 2018-08-11T19:52:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=rulers_of_east_anglia&rev=1534017125&do=diff England >> Anglo-Saxon Rulers of East Anglia Kingdom of the East Angles House of Wuffingas Wehha Wuffa fl.571 Tytila fl.578 Rædwald c.599-c.624 Eorpwald ?-627/628 Ricberht c.627-c.630 Sigeberht c.630 Ecgric c.630 Anna 640's-c.653 Æthelhere c.653-655 Æthelwold 655-663 text/html 2017-12-26T14:36:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=wars_of_the_roses_chronology&rev=1514299016&do=diff England >> Plantagenet Chronology of the Wars of the Roses See here for what is probably the best graphical representation of the relationship between players in the wars. 1450 May-July Jack Cade's Revolt. 1450 August Return of Richard Duke of York from Ireland. 1451 spring text/html 2018-01-01T16:56:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://villageidiotsguideto.com/history/doku.php?id=welcome&rev=1514825806&do=diff Welcome to the Village Idiot's Guide to... History For as long as I can remember, learning about history has completely fascinated me - from old Norman churches to Georgian town-houses, horse-drawn ploughs to medieval chests, peasants to kings, domestic life to battle-field, even half buried mosaic floors to dusty old libraries