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He was the Danish King Canute, in 1016. He had conquered England, molding Anglo Saxons and the Vikings into people.
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On October 14, 1066 Normans and Anglo-Saxons fought the battle that changed the course of history; The Battle Of Hastings. After Harold was killed, Normans won a decisive victory.
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Henry ruled England from 1154 - 1159.
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Phillip II ruled from 1180-1223.
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John ruled from 1199-1216.
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On June 15, 1215, they forced John to agree to the most celebrated document in English history, the Magna Carta.
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1226-1270 - Philip's grandson, Louis IX ruled.
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1285-1314 - Philip IV who ruled France.
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Edward summoned two burgesses from every borough and two knights from every country to serve as a parliament.
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The Church was having issues which resulted in a division. A deadly epidemic had killed many people. Claims to thrones had brought upon war to France and England. By the end of the century the medieval way had be disappearing.
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Philip IV persuaded the College of Cardinals to choose a French archbishop as the new pope.
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1337-1453 - The war that Edward III had launched for that throne continued.
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August 26th, 1346 - The Battle of Crecy.
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A fleet of Genoese merchant ships arrived in Sicily carrying bubonic plague, also known as black death.
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The Counsil of Constance attempted to end the Great Schism by choosing a single pope. Jan Hus a professor in Bohemia had been seized by the Church.
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Jan Hus, a professor, had been burned at the stake.
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The French and the English signed a treaty stating that Henry V would inherit the French crown upon the death of the French king Charles VI.
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1421-1453 - The French rallied and drove the English out of France entirely except for the port city of Calais.
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A teenage French peasant girl named Joan of Arc felt moved by God to rescue France from its English conquerors.
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Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, because her claim of hearing voices.
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A feeling of nationalism emerged throughout England and France. The power and prestige of the French monarch increased. The English suffered a period of internal turmoil known as the War of the Roses.
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Anglo Saxon king from 871 to 899. He had turned back the Viking invaders, and by him and his successors united the kingdom under one rule, calling England " Land of the Angles."