Oswestry Castle
Oswestry Castle is a England in the Middle Ages, medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: ''Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie''. The first reference to the castle in Oswestry was in 1086, when ''castelle Lurve'' (or ''castle L’oeuvre'') is recorded in the Domesday Book as being built by Rainald, High Sheriff of Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire in the Hundred (county division), Hundred of Meresberie. No town was recorded until around 1272 when references appear to the settlement of Blancminster (named after its white stone church). The Welsh were already referring to ''Croes Oswallt'' (Cross of Oswald) in 1254, regarding Oswald of Northumbria, St Oswald, the Northumbrian king killed at the Battle of Maserfield (reputed to have taken place near Oswestry) ...
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England In The Middle Ages
England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the Early Modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration, new identities and cultures began to emerge, developing into kingdoms that competed for power. A rich artistic culture flourished under the Anglo-Saxons, producing epic poems such as ''Beowulf'' and sophisticated metalwork. The Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity in the 7th century and a network of monasteries and convents were built across England. In the 8th and 9th centuries England faced fierce Viking attacks, and the fighting lasted for many decades, eventually establishing Wessex as the most powerful kingdom and promoting the growth of an English identity. Despite repeated crises of succession and a Danish seizure of power at ...
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