Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social ... pestilence and the outbreak of civil conflict in England. By Ian Bremner. Richard II and the Crisis of Authority ...

The accession and coronation of Henry II took place on the same day. He was not only king of England, but also ruled over most of Wales, Normandy, Anjou, Gascony and other parts of France ...

“The Middle Ages” comprises works located between points in time, whether the bounds of the literal Middle Ages, or middle age in an individual sense, or a moment of societal shift from one ...