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1300. 1 June – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338) Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352) 1301. 5 August – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330) 24 September – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372) William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died ...
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]
The Hereford World Map: Medieval World Maps and their Context. British Library. Kline, Naomi Reed (2003) [2001]. Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm (paperback ed.). Boydell. ISBN 0851159370. OL 22373026M. Kupfer, Marcia (2016). Art and Optics in the Hereford Map: An English Mappa Mundi, c. 1300. Yale University Press. ISBN 978 ...
The zonal maps should be viewed as a kind of teaching aid – easily reproduced and designed to reinforce the idea of the Earth's sphericity and climate zones. T-O maps were designed to schematically illustrate the three land masses of the world as it was known to the Romans and their medieval European heirs.
Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English. 1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May
1300 in England (2 C, 2 P) 1301 in England (1 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "1300s in England" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
England, as part of the UK, joined the European Economic Community in 1973, which became the European Union in 1993. The UK left the EU in 2020. There is a movement in England to create a devolved English Parliament. This would give England a local Parliament like those already functioning for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
"Gough Map" of England produced; the first to accurately plot distances and show the true shape of the country. [1] 1351. 14 January – Parliament passes the Treason Act, codifying and curtailing the offence. [2] February Statute of Labourers enacted to fix labour costs at 1346 levels due to the increases caused by the Black Death. [3]