A major fire occurred in London in 1087, at the beginning of the reign of William Rufus. It consumed much of the Norman city . St Paul's Cathedral was the most significant building to be destroyed in this blaze, which also damaged the Palatine tower built by William the Conqueror on the banks of the River Fleet so badly that the remains had to ...

The Greece runestones (Swedish: Greklandsstenarna) are about 30 runestones containing information related to voyages made by Norsemen to the Byzantine Empire.They were made during the Viking Age until about 1100 and were engraved in the Old Norse language with Scandinavian runes.All the stones have been found in modern-day Sweden, the majority in …

William the Conqueror (1066–1087) William II (1087–1100) Henry I (1100–1135) House of Blois Stephen (1135–1154) Plantagenets Angevins. Edward III as he was portrayed in the late 16th century. Empress Matilda (1141) Henry II (1154–1189) Richard I, the Lionheart (1189 ...