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 ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Looking at a timeline can be pretty mind-blowing when ... Even when you condense time into a period like the Middle Ages, it isn't always intuitive to match up something that happened in Western ...