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== Events ==
* 1000, [[Leif Eiriksson]], son of Eirik Rauda ([[Eric the Red]]) is sent back to [[Greenland]] to convert the Greenlanders to [[Christian]]ity.
* 1000 (cca), There is a series of convoluted and contradictory [[legend]]s about the discovery of [[Vinland]], whether there were any settlements or what, but suffice it to say that it is generally believed that [[Viking]]s arrived in [[North America]] around this time
* 1018, First mention of [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[housecarl]]s.
* 1054, the [[Great Schism]], in which the Western (Roman [[Catholic]]) and [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[church]]es separated from each other. After a number of earlier such [[schism]]s, the breach was later repaired, but this one continues nearly 1000 years later.
* [[1066]], [[Norman]] conquest of [[England]]
* 1068, Publication of ''Tabaqat al-Umam'' (Book of the Categories of Narions) by Sa'id al-Andalusi
* 1094, [[El Cid]], the great [[Spain|Spanish]] hero, conquers the [[Moor]]ish city of [[Valencia]]
* 1099, [[First Crusade]] captures [[Jerusalem]]

== Significant people ==
* [[William the Conqueror]]
* [[Macbeth]]
* [[Pope Saint Gregory VII]] (Hildebrand)

== Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions ==
* Invention of military [[rocket]]s by the [[China|Chinese]]

==Some Groups that Cover This Period==
*[[SCA]]
*[[re-enactor|Re-Enactor]]s
**[[Fire and Steel]] - Australia
**[[The Huscarls]] - Australia
**[[New England Medieval Arts Society]] - Australia
**[[New Varangian Guard]] - Australia

==Internal Links==
''See also:''
* [[10th Century]]
* [[12th Century]]
* [[Period]]
*[[Norman fighting kit]]
*[[Saxon fighting kit]]
*[[Viking fighting kit]]

== External Links ==
* Some [[Clothing]] of the [[Middle Ages]] - http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html
[[category:11th century]]

Revision as of 01:39, 13 November 2007

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