Events from the 1050s in England. Monarch – Edward the Confessor 1050 29 June – first Bishop of Exeter, Leofric, consecrated, uniting the former episcopal...

The 1050s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1050, and ended on December 31, 1059. Hedeby in Jutland is sacked by King Harald...

the Virgin, Ovingham, Northumberland, England, consecrated. 1050 Construction of Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como, Lombardy begins. Bernay Abbey, Normandy...

neighbouring county of Maine by 1062. In the 1050s and early 1060s, William became a contender for the throne of England held by the childless Edward the Confessor...

Olaf and is further evidence of a cult of St. Olaf in the early 1050s in England. St Olave Hart Street in the City of London is the burial place of Samuel...

had been built in England during the 1050s, after the conquest the Normans began to build timber motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers...

King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending...

hoard of coins found in the 18th century in a basement near St Mary-at-Hill church, in the ward of Billingsgate, London, England. The coin is described...

1070s in England. Monarch – William I 1070 Winter of 1069–1070 – Harrying of the North: King William I quells rebellions in the North of England following...

Events from the 1060s in England. Monarch – Edward the Confessor (to 5 January 1066), Harold II (5 January to 14 October 1066), Edgar Ætheling (14 October...

Events from the 1030s in England. Monarch – Canute (to 12 November 1034), Harold I 1030 1031 King Cnut invades Scotland and forces the submission of Malcolm...

Events from the 1040s in England. Monarch – Harold I (to 17 March 1040), Harthacanute (17 March 1040 to 8 June 1042), then Edward the Confessor 1040 17...

had been built in England during the 1050s, after the conquest the Normans began to build timber motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers...

the bishop would summon parish priests to the cathedral for a synod. In the 1050s, Edward the Confessor rebuilt Westminster Abbey as his burial place....

pursued each day after attending church. In the 1050s, Edward pursued an aggressive and generally successful policy in dealing with Scotland and Wales. Malcolm...

Ælfric Modercope. S 1081 (1050s), writ of King Edward. S 1082 (1050s), writ of King Edward. Ælfric 134 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England v t e v t e...

Portugal) Carolingian 780s–9th century (mostly France, Germany) Ottonian 950s–1050s (mostly Germany, also considered Early Romanesque) Repoblación 880s–11th...

the first Norman mercenaries to serve as a Byzantine general was Hervé in the 1050s. By then, however, there were already Norman mercenaries serving as far...

England, he was a prominent figure in England and Normandy. Robert FitzHamon, probably born in the 1040s or 1050s, was the son of Hamo Dapifer the Sheriff...

English life in the 11th century. A Northumbrian in Arms (1909) by George Surrey. Covers conflicts in Northumbria and Wales during the 1050s. The main events...

Cerdic of Wessex. He was elected King of England by the Witan in 1066 but never crowned. Edgar was born in the Kingdom of Hungary, where his father Edward...

Northampton and Huntingdon by the 1050s. There is some evidence that he spread Northumbrian control into Cumberland. In the early 1050s, Siward turned against the...

proclaims Harold Godwinson king of England. January 6 – Harold Godwinson (Harold II) is crowned king of England, probably in the new Westminster Abbey, where...

de Montgomery, and Adelise.   After the death of William of Gouët in the late 1050s, Rotrou, with the help of Roger de Montgomery, tried to extend his...

Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U, Pagan Kingdom, begun. Church of St. Philibert, Tournus in Burgundy completed. St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale in England built. 1061...

number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their...

of Wendover credits Godiva as the persuasive force behind this act. In the 1050s, her name is coupled with that of her husband on a grant of land to the...

proclaims Harold Godwinson king of England. January 6 – Harold Godwinson (Harold II) is crowned king of England, probably in the new Westminster Abbey, where...

campaigning through the north of England with his forces, burning houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham, resulting in the deaths of over 100,000...

the crossing piers of the early 1050s are clearly proto-Romanesque. A more decorative interpretation of Romanesque in lesser churches can be dated only...