11th century

Events

• 1000, Leif Eiriksson, son of Eirik Rauda (Eric the Red) is sent back to Greenland to convert the Greenlanders to Christianity.
• 1000 (cca), There is a series of convoluted and contradictory legends about the discovery of Vinland, whether there were any settlements or what, but suffice it to say that it is generally believed that Vikings arrived in North America around this time
• First mention of Anglo-Saxon housecarls.
• 1054, the Great Schism, in which the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. After a number of earlier such schisms, 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 Spanish hero, conquers the Moorish 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 rockets by the Chinese

Some Groups that Cover This Period

• SCA
• Re-Enactors
  • 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