Migration, Empires and the People
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Updated: 10 Dec 2017
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Created bySpike King
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Viking Age in England begins
Attack on Lindisfarne monasteryAelle defeats Viking raiding force
Ragnar Lodbrok thrown in pit of venemous snakesGreat Heathen army lands
Lead by Ivar the Boneless to avenge LodbrokVikings conquer Mercia despite DanegeldAlfred the Great summons counterattack
Battle of Edington successful after Chippenham defeatReign of Athelstan 924-939
Unification of heptarchyAthelstan defeats Danes in England at Battle of BrunanburhEric Bloodaxe death
25 years without raidsReturn of invaders to raid English portsAethelred paying DanegeldAethelred marries Emma of NormandySt Brice's Day MassacreSweyn driven Aethelred and sons from EnglandSweyn King for a few weeks
Dies February 3rdCnut declares himself King
after a few years of fightingCnut conquers country in 1013-16Cnut's Danish warriors sent back to DenmarkCnut visits Rome to negotiate payments for travellers to RomeCnut succeeds relative to be King of NorwayCnut succeeds relatives to become King of DenmarkEmma of Normandy crowned queen againEmma of Normandy Crowned QueenViking warriors from Norway and Denmark settled lands conquered
Between 865-874
Territory known as Danelaw1040-42 Harthacnut crowned King of EnglandEdward crowned King 1042-66Cnut diesCharlemagne crowned King of FranceRollo King of the Northmen granted Normandy
Becomes a Christian and takes name Robert
Becomes first Duke of NormandyBattle of Hastings
WIlliam Duke of Normandy crowned King of EnglandWilliam's daughter Matilda named successor to the crownMatilda challenged for crown by Stephen
Country plunged into civil war 'The Anarchy' 1135-54Henry II became first Angevin King of England and ruler of Normandy, Anjou and AquitaineHenry reorganises English justice systemForce of Anglo-Norman lords invade IrelandHenry Becket murdered by Henry's knightsEnglish Pope Adrian IV gives Henry authority to invade IrelandHenry signs Treaty of Windsor with High King of Ireland who agreed to give homageHenry's son named Lord of IrelandHenry II faces Great Revolt of his eldest sonsEnglish pushed out of NormandyJohn signs Magna CartaJohn dies after Prince Louis' forces invadeFrench King senses Edward II weaknesses and orders him to pay homageEdward II crownedPhillip IV confiscates AquitaineEdward III sails to Normandy with an army of 150,000French demolished at Battle of CrecyBattle of Poitiers English victoryHenry V begins plans to invade FranceBeginning of the Hundred Years WarHenry's forces march to Calais
Intercepted at AgincourtBattle of Agincourt English victoryHenry V diesEnglish and French allies defeated at Siege of Orleans under Joan of ArcEnglish removed from the last French strongholdEdward captures CalaisCalais lost to French
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