<P> The 14th century in England saw the Great Famine and the Black Death , catastrophic events that killed around half of England 's population , throwing the economy into chaos and undermining the old political order . Social unrest followed , resulting in the Peasants ' Revolt of 1381 , while the changes in the economy resulted in the emergence of a new class of gentry , and the nobility began to exercise power through a system termed bastard feudalism . Nearly 1,500 villages were deserted by their inhabitants and many men and women sought new opportunities in the towns and cities . New technologies were introduced , and England produced some of the great medieval philosophers and natural scientists . English kings in the 14th and 15th centuries laid claim to the French throne , resulting in the Hundred Years ' War . At times England enjoyed huge military success , with the economy buoyed by profits from the international wool and cloth trade , but by 1450 the country was in crisis , facing military failure in France and an ongoing recession . More social unrest broke out , followed by the Wars of the Roses , fought between rival factions of the English nobility . Henry VII 's victory in 1485 conventionally marks the end of the Middle Ages in England and the start of the Early Modern period . </P>
<P> The 14th century in England saw the Great Famine and the Black Death , catastrophic events that killed around half of England 's population , throwing the economy into chaos and undermining the old political order . Social unrest followed , resulting in the Peasants ' Revolt of 1381 , while the changes in the economy resulted in the emergence of a new class of gentry , and the nobility began to exercise power through a system termed bastard feudalism . Nearly 1,500 villages were deserted by their inhabitants and many men and women sought new opportunities in the towns and cities . New technologies were introduced , and England produced some of the great medieval philosophers and natural scientists . English kings in the 14th and 15th centuries laid claim to the French throne , resulting in the Hundred Years ' War . At times England enjoyed huge military success , with the economy buoyed by profits from the international wool and cloth trade , but by 1450 the country was in crisis , facing military failure in France and an ongoing recession . More social unrest broke out , followed by the Wars of the Roses , fought between rival factions of the English nobility . Henry VII 's victory in 1485 conventionally marks the end of the Middle Ages in England and the start of the Early Modern period . </P>
when did the middle ages end in england
when did the middle ages end in england
1485
1485