Velvet is synthetic, not a natural fabric, so it wasn't around earlier that the 19th century.
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In the 12th century and probably as early as the 10th, if not earlyer the representative of the King was the Shireman also better known as an Earl and continues to be so to this day.
Women wern't allowed to work in the 11th Century. However men cleaned shoes, Washed clothes, Farmed, Blacksmithed and made clothes.
they raised private armies of knights in exchange for military services
World War 1 was officially stopped on the 11th of November 1918 at 11.00 and that is why we have a 2 minute silence on the 11th of the 11th.11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month (November) 1918.
Canterbury had been the capital of England in the middle ages and still hosts the head of the Anglican Church. Winchester was the capital of England between the 10th and 11th centuries. London is the de facto capital of England and UK since the 12th century.