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Migration, Empires and the People

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Viking Age in England begins Attack on Lindisfarne monastery Aelle defeats Viking raiding force Ragnar Lodbrok thrown in pit of venemous snakes Great Heathen army lands Lead by Ivar the Boneless to avenge Lodbrok Vikings conquer Mercia despite Danegeld Alfred the Great summons counterattack Battle of Edington successful after Chippenham defeat Reign of Athelstan 924-939 Unification of heptarchy Athelstan defeats Danes in England at Battle of Brunanburh Eric Bloodaxe death 25 years without raids Return of invaders to raid English ports Aethelred paying Danegeld Aethelred marries Emma of Normandy St Brice's Day Massacre Sweyn driven Aethelred and sons from England Sweyn King for a few weeks Dies February 3rd Cnut declares himself King after a few years of fighting Cnut conquers country in 1013-16 Cnut's Danish warriors sent back to Denmark Cnut visits Rome to negotiate payments for travellers to Rome Cnut succeeds relative to be King of Norway Cnut succeeds relatives to become King of Denmark Emma of Normandy crowned queen again Emma of Normandy Crowned Queen Viking warriors from Norway and Denmark settled lands conquered Between 865-874 Territory known as Danelaw 1040-42 Harthacnut crowned King of England Edward crowned King 1042-66 Cnut dies Charlemagne crowned King of France Rollo King of the Northmen granted Normandy Becomes a Christian and takes name Robert Becomes first Duke of Normandy Battle of Hastings WIlliam Duke of Normandy crowned King of England William's daughter Matilda named successor to the crown Matilda challenged for crown by Stephen Country plunged into civil war 'The Anarchy' 1135-54 Henry II became first Angevin King of England and ruler of Normandy, Anjou and Aquitaine Henry reorganises English justice system Force of Anglo-Norman lords invade Ireland Henry Becket murdered by Henry's knights English Pope Adrian IV gives Henry authority to invade Ireland Henry signs Treaty of Windsor with High King of Ireland who agreed to give homage Henry's son named Lord of Ireland Henry II faces Great Revolt of his eldest sons English pushed out of Normandy John signs Magna Carta John dies after Prince Louis' forces invade French King senses Edward II weaknesses and orders him to pay homage Edward II crowned Phillip IV confiscates Aquitaine Edward III sails to Normandy with an army of 150,000 French demolished at Battle of Crecy Battle of Poitiers English victory Henry V begins plans to invade France Beginning of the Hundred Years War Henry's forces march to Calais Intercepted at Agincourt Battle of Agincourt English victory Henry V dies English and French allies defeated at Siege of Orleans under Joan of Arc English removed from the last French stronghold Edward captures Calais Calais lost to French

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