Old English and Middle English Literature
Hwät! we Gâr-Dena in geâr-dagum þeód-cyninga þrym gefrunon, hû þâ äðelingas ellen fremedon.
Beowulf
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Invasion by Julius Caesar. |
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Britain becomes a trading outpost of the |
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Roman Empire. |
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AD 43 |
Under Emperor Claudius, Britain comes |
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under full Roman political and military |
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domination. |
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410 |
Roman forces withdrawn. |
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449 |
Angles, Saxons and Jutes descend on Britain. |
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597 |
St Augustine brings Roman Christianity to Britain. |
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793 |
Norwegian sea-raiders sack the monastery at Lindisfarne |
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?800-?1000 |
Danish raids. |
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871-899 |
Reign of King Alfred the Great. |
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1066 |
Britain conquered by the Normans. |
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Norman monarchs |
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1066-1087 |
William I. |
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1087-1100 |
William II. |
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1100-1135 |
Henry I. |
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1135-1154 |
Stephen. |
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Plantagenet |
(Anjou) monarchs |
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1154-1189 |
Henry II. Efficient ruler who carried out |
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much legal reform. Conquest of Ireland. |
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Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, |
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assassinated by king's knights (1170). |
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1189-1199 |
Richard I. |
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1199-1216 |
John. Forced to sign the Magna Carta (1215) |
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guaranteeing such rights as freedom from |
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arbitrary imprisonment. |
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1216-1272 |
Henry III. Rebellion by Simon de Montfort |
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led to establishment of Great Council, from |
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which Parliament later developed. |
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1272-1307 |
Edward I. Conquest of Wales. |
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1307-1327 |
Edward II. Defeated by Scots (1314). |
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1327-1377 |
Edward III. Hundred Years War with France |
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began (1338). Black Death struck England |
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(1348-1349), reducing the population by |
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between one-third and a half. |
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1377-1399 |
Richard II. Neglect of war with France. |
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Period of disorder. Peasants' revolt, led by |
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Wat Tyler (1381). |
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The House |
of Lancaster |
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1399-1413 |
Henry IV. |
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1413-1422 |
Henry V. After great victory over French at |
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Agincourt (1415), recognised as heir to the |
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throne of France. Great national hero. |
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1422-1461 |
Henry VI. Defeat in France to end Hundred |
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Years War (1453). Wars of Roses began (1455). |
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