M11L4 Review

In the 800s, Britain was battered by raids of the

• Anglo-Saxons

• Danish Vikings

• Kievan-Rus

• Tatars

King that ruled between 871-899, his descendants unified the kingdom under one rule.

• Danish King Canute

• Alfred the Great

• King John

• Henry II

Led the Normans in the Battle of Hastings and defeated the Anglo Saxon King in 1066

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Died without an heir, thus sparking the struggle for the English Throne in 1066.

• Alfred the Great

• Rollo the Viking

• Edward the Confessor

• William of Normandy

Battle that sealed England's fate in 1066 and led to the arrival of Norman culture.

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Married Henry II and added to his land holdings in France

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Ruled from 1154 - 1189, he strengthened royal courts and introduced the use of a jury.

• William the Conqueror

• Henry II

• Henry VIII

• Richard the Lionheart

Signed in 1215, it guaranteed basic political rights like the protection of the laws.

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The legislative group in England made up of commoners, lords, knights and the clergy in 1295

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Began the Capetian dynasty in France in 987.

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