Wikibooks: Brief History of Europe/High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages was circa AD 1000–1300 or 1000–1250. =States and territories of the High Middle Ages = States and territories of the High Middle Ages included Northern Europe Britain Isles included England Scotland Wales and Ireland . Nordic countries included Norway Denmark and Sweden and land...
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| Summary: | The High Middle Ages was circa AD 1000–1300 or 1000–1250. =States and territories of the High Middle Ages = States and territories of the High Middle Ages included Northern Europe Britain Isles included England Scotland Wales and Ireland . Nordic countries included Norway Denmark and Sweden and lands of the Sami and Finns. Valdemar I of Denmark saw his country becoming a leading force in northern Europe. Western and Central Europe Consisted of the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire . Eastern Europe In the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1569) Casimir III of Poland doubled the size of kingdom by the end of his reign (1333–1370) and considerably strengthened the nation. Around the Baltic Sea there were Finnic Estonians and Livonians and Baltic Tribes composed of Balts including Old Prussians Lithuanians and Latvians. Further east was Kievan Rus (882–1240 founded by the Rus people) and the Novgorod Republic (1136–1478). The Balkans were dominated by five states Hungary (which gained hegemony over Croatia Bosnia Slavonia Dalmatia and Transylvania) Grand Principality of Serbia (1091–1217 which expanded over what is today Serbia Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia) the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire (which included Greece and some of Anatolia) and the Cuman Kipchak confederation (a Turkic state also known as Cumania of the 10th century to 1241). Iberian Peninsula Included the Christian kingdoms of Castile León Navarre Aragon Portugal. The Muslim Caliphate of Córdoba was after 1031 replaced by taifa (independent Muslim states). The Reconquista (722–1492) was the reconquest of Iberia by Christians. Italian Peninsula Included the Kingdom of Sicily which was under Norman rule from 1091 which included southern Italy by 1130. The Republic of Venice Papal States and the Holy Roman Empire were in the north. clear =France and England= =France= France developed from West Francia also known as the Kingdom of the West Franks (843–987) a division of the Carolingian Empire ... |
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