8/27/2018 Anglo-Saxon Age AD 449-1066
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ROMAN BRITAIN: AD 43-410 55 BC: Julius Caesar Lands 8/27/2018 55 BC: Julius Caesar Lands AD 43: Roman Return by Claudius AD 50: Londinium Established AD 60: Iceni Takeover by Nero AD 100: Roman Expansion AD 410: Roman Withdrawal
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THE HEPTARCHY KING EGBERT ESTABLISHED KENT AND WESSEX ESSEX 8/27/2018 THE HEPTARCHY KING EGBERT ESTABLISHED KENT AND WESSEX ESSEX EAST ANGLIA NORTHUMBRIA SUSSEX MERCIA
FAMILY-POLITICAL UNIT 8/27/2018 FAMILY-POLITICAL UNIT FAMILY UNIT CLAN UNIT (MANY COUSINS) TRIBAL UNIT (MANY CLANS) KINGDOM (MANY TRIBES)
MAJOR NORSE GODS Odin/Woden: Chief God Freya/Frigga: Home Goddess 8/27/2018 Odin/Woden: Chief God Freya/Frigga: Home Goddess Thor: Thunder God Tiu/Tyr/Teu: War God Wyrd: Fate Goddess THOR’S HAMMER
8/27/2018 THE KING’S HALL COMITATUS FIRE GUEST KING COMITATUS
The Legend of BEOWULF 495--Beowulf Born 511-515-- Beowulf VS Monsters 8/27/2018 The Legend of BEOWULF 495--Beowulf Born 511-515-- Beowulf VS Monsters 582--Beowulf VS the Dragon 600s--Story Circulated of Warrior “Beow” 700s-800s--First BEOWULF Poem Written C. 1000--Present BEOWULF Poem Written 1833-37--First Modern English Translation
KING ALFRED THE GREAT 790s--Vikings Raid Britain 8/27/2018 KING ALFRED THE GREAT 790s--Vikings Raid Britain 800s--Vikings Settle in Britain 849--Alfred Born 870--Vikings in Wessex 871--Alfred Crowned 886—Danelaw 899--Alfred Dies
8/27/2018 THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS THE SAXON AGE ENDS IN 1066 WITH SAXON KING HAROLD AGAINST THE NORMAN DUKE WILLIAM IN THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS FOR CONTROL OF ENGLAND. THE NORMAN FRENCH WIN, AND THE MIDDLE AGES BEGIN.