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1 giorno fa · In the 11th century, the royal position worsened further, as the ealdormen rapidly built up huge new estates, making them collectively much more powerful than the king—this contributed to the political instability of the final Anglo-Saxon years.
3 giorni fa · In the 11th century, Christian conflict with Muslims on the southern peripheries of Christendom was sponsored by the Church, including the siege of Barbastro and the Norman conquest of Sicily. In 1074, Gregory VII planned a display of military power to reinforce the principle of papal sovereignty.
2 giorni fa · 11th century: Early versions of the Bessemer process are developed in China. 11th century: Endless power-transmitting chain drive by Su Song for the development an astronomical clock (the Cosmic Engine ) [325]
3 giorni fa · Its purpose is ‘to explain how, on the eve of the Norman Conquest, England had become an exceptionally wealthy, highly urbanized kingdom, with a large, well controlled coinage of high quality’, although compared with what or where remains one of the main difficulties with the argument in general.
1 giorno fa · Price: £19.99. Money in the Medieval English Economy: 973–1489 is an insightful and wide-ranging book on money and its place in the medieval English economy, covering the period that began in 973 with the decree that there should be a single coinage in England, and which ended in 1489 with the institution of the pound coin.
3 giorni fa · Mary Stroll’s latest contribution to the history of the medieval papacy is a brave endeavour to illuminate the political factors the undergirded the successes and failures of the papal reform movement in the 11th century.
5 giorni fa · It peaked in size in the 6th century under Emperor Justinian I but was significantly diminished by the 11th century following internal conflict and invasions from outsiders, including the Seljuq Turks and the Normans.
