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  More info about: Pope Urban II, Crusade Instigator
  Pope Urban II, Crusade Instigator
Urban is best known for starting the First Crusade. Urban's crusading movement took its first public shape at the Council of Piacenza, where in March 1095 Urban received...
         
  More info about: Wujing Zongyao, 1st Record Gunpowder
  Wujing Zongyao, 1st Record Gunpowder
The "Wujing Zongyao" (literally "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques") was the first book in history to record the written formulas for gunpowder solutio...
         
  More info about: El Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
  El Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar, nicknamed El Cid Campeador, was a Castilian military and political leader in medieval Spain. Born of the minor nobility, El Cid was educat...
         
  More info about: Algazel (Al-Ghazali), Persian Scholar
  Algazel (Al-Ghazali), Persian Scholar
Al-Ghazali known as Algazel to the western medieval world, born and died in Tus, in the Khorasan province of Persia (modern day Iran). He was a Muslim theologian, jurist,...
         
  More info about: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The first written mention of Amsterdam comes in 1275. In that year Count Floris V granted the people living near the dam on the Amstel River freedom to navigate the water...
         
  More info about: Godfrey of Bouillon, Leader 1st Crusade
  Godfrey of Bouillon, Leader 1st Crusade
Godfrey of Bouillon was a leader of the First Crusade. He was either the eldest or the second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida, daughter of Godfrey III, Duke...
         
  More info about: Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror
  Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror
William took seven months to prepare his invasion force, using some 600 transport ships to carry around 7,000 men (including 2,000-3,000 cavalry) across the Channel. On 2...
         
  More info about: Medieval Castles Online
  Medieval Castles Online
What were castles? How were they used? How were they built? When were they used? Were they very effective? These are just some of the answers that you're going to find as...
         
  More info about: Bradford Timeline
  Bradford Timeline
History (architecture and events) of Bradford, Yorkshire related to National and International events...
         
  More info about: Hugues de Payens, 1st Grand Master
  Hugues de Payens, 1st Grand Master
Hugues de Payens, also de Payns, a French knight from the Champagne region, was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. With Saint Bernard of Clairv...
         
  More info about: Timelines of Composers
  Timelines of Composers
1100 composers: Medieval - 11th though 14th Centuries, Early Renaissance - 15th Century, High Renaissance - 16th Century, Early Baroque - Late 16th and 17th Centuries, Hi...
         
  More info about: The Domesday Book, Land Survey
  The Domesday Book, Land Survey
The Domesday Book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the tim...
         
  More info about: Su Song's Clock
  Su Song's Clock
Su Song, a Chinese expert in the calculation of calendars, designed astronomical clock in 1088. The clock was a device used for astronomical observations and time....
         
  More info about: St. Bernard of Clairvaux
  St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. "The voice of conscience, the dominating figure in the C...
         
  More info about: Roger II, King of Sicily
  Roger II, King of Sicily
Roger II was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, later became Duke of Apulia and Ca...
         
         
 
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