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Stories Set in the 11th century (1000–1099)
1000–1099 · worldwide, all places
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Europe reorganized itself around castles, knights and a newly powerful papacy, while the Islamic world and Song China stayed richer and more learned. The Normans were the century's great disruptors: descendants of Vikings settled in France, they grabbed England, Sicily and southern Italy within a single generation.
William the Conqueror won England at Hastings in 1066, and Pope Urban II called the First Crusade at Clermont in 1095. Shakespeare's Macbeth is set in the Scotland of the 1040s, and The Physician follows an English boy's journey to study medicine in 11th-century Persia. Open the 11th century on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 11th century
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Browse 38 books, 24 movies and 2 games set in the 11th century (1000–1099).
The Physician
England 1021. Rob Cole a boy born in a miserable mining town swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and…
Macbeth
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king Duncan.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth the Thane of Glamis receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne…
Macbeth
Scotland 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife warlord Macbeth bold and brave but also weak and hesitant betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and…
Valhalla Rising
Scandinavia 1000 AD. For years One Eye a mute warrior of supernatural strength has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are a boy slave One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape…
Macbeth
One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth encounters three witches who foretell that he will become king of Scotland. At first sceptical, he’s urged on by the ruthless, single-minded ambitions of…
El Cid
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers) who without compromising his strict sense of honour still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
Macbeth
A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
The One Hundred Nights of Hero
From the author who brought you The Encyclopedia of Early Earth comes another Epic Tale of Derring-Do. Prepare to be dazzled once more by the overwhelming power of stories and see Love prevail in the face of Terrible…
Starry River of the Sky
The moon is missing from the remote Village of Clear Sky, but only a young boy named Rendi seems to notice! Rendi has run away from home and is now working as a chore boy at the village inn. He can't help but notice the…
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