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The Danish King Canute conquered England.
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King Edward the Confessor took throne.He was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex
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William the Duke of Normandy invaded England after King Edward the Confessor died.
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King Edward died without heir which lead to corruption.
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The battle of Hastings was between the Normans and the Anglo-Saxons
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King Henry II ruled from 1154-1189. His attempt to bring the church courts under control was abandoned after the murder of Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170.
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King Henry marries Eleanor of Aquaitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She was also thequeen of France and England.
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Richard the Lionhearted was the king of the Third Crusade.
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When Richard died, his younger brother John took the throne. John ruled from 1199-1216. He attempted to seize the crown while Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in Austria. Richard forgave John and when on lying on his deathbed he crowned his brother as his successor.
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15 Jun 1215- Creation of the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta was a document guaranteed certain basic political rights. John was forced to sign it.
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November 1295, knights, burgesses, bishops, and lords met together at Westminister in London (now called the Model Parliament)
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1300-1400-house of lords and house of commons is created. The house of lords was the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal and the house of commons was the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain.
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In 800's Britain was battered by fierce raids of Danish Vikings
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Anglo-Saxon king from 871 to 899. He managed to turn back the viking invaders. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England.