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The Gough Map or Bodleian Map [1] is a Late Medieval map of the island of Great Britain. Its precise dates of production and authorship are unknown. It is named after Richard Gough, who bequeathed the map to the Bodleian Library in Oxford 1809. He acquired the map from the estate of the antiquarian Thomas "Honest Tom" Martin in 1774. [2]
English: Map of Wales in the 14th Century showing The Principality and Welsh Marches. Source data: South Wales and the Border in the Fourteenth Century (1933) W.M.Rees. Max Lieberman, The March of Wales (1067-1300) (from https://mappingwelshmarches.ac.uk/).
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century is a handbook about Late Medieval England by British historian Ian Mortimer. It was first published on 2 October 2008 by The Bodley Head, [1] and a later edition with more pages was released on 29 February 2012. The volume debunks and explains ...
July – Owain Lawgoch, claimant to the principality of Wales (assassinated), ?48; 1381 probable – Sir Hywel ap Gruffydd ("Syr Hywel y Fwyall"), soldier in the service of King Edward III of England; 1383 16 January – Thomas Rushhook becomes Bishop of Llandaff. 1385 7 August – Joan of Kent, Dowager Princess of Wales, 56; 1387
The ideal of chivalry continued to develop throughout the 14th century, reflected in the growth of knightly orders (including the Order of the Garter), grand tournaments and round table events. [121] Society and government in England in the early 14th century were challenged by the Great Famine and the Black Death. [122]
In the late 14th century naval warfare with England was conducted largely by hired Scots, Flemish and French merchantmen and privateers. [88] James I took a greater interest in naval power. After his return to Scotland in 1424 he established a shipbuilding yard at Leith , a house for marine stores, and a workshop.
Wales in the Middle Ages covers the history of the country that is now called Wales, from the departure of the Romans in the early fifth century to the annexation of Wales into the Kingdom of England in the early sixteenth century. This period of about 1,000 years saw the development of regional Welsh kingdoms, Celtic conflict with the Anglo ...
Map showing the distribution of Pit- place names in Scotland, thought to indicate Pictish settlement. Modern Scotland is half the size of England and Wales in area, but with its many inlets, islands and inland lochs, it has roughly the same amount of coastline at 4,000 miles. Only a fifth of Scotland is less than 60 metres above sea level.