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Roman Legions depart from Britain to defend Rome.
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Rome fell in barbarian tribes
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Alfreds death ended Anglo - Saxon period
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Once edward dies the Saxon council of elders chose Harold to be king
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William of Normandy was supposed to claim the throne.
He went to battle with Harold and killed him. -
After taking the throne over the course of five years William confiscated Anglo saxon land.
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The king promised not to tax land without first meeting with the barons.
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This great plague increased the value of a peasant's work.
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Peasants in England staged a revolt against serfdom.
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The House of Lancaster replaced the Plantagenets on the throne.
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The House of York conflicting against the the House of Lancaster.
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Roman cleric Saint Augustine converted king Ethelnert of Kent to christianity
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king Alfred ascended to Wessex throne who would become the only ruler in Englands history ever to be honored with the epithet "the great"
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Under truce, England was formally divided Alfred the Great became a national hero
