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878:King Alfred defeat the vikings and establish a frontier dividing England in two. The north and east came under Danish control,and Alfred controlled west Mercia,Kent and Wessex
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Vikings settled in England and then moved west and invaded Wessex
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➛Vikings raid the monastery on Lindisfarne,this marked the beginning of a period of raids on the British isles.
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Anglo-Saxon literature included sermons,bible translations,legal work,chronicles,riddles and epic poetry. Here emerged the first epic hero,Beowulf and also The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,a collection of writing important for early English history
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St Augustine was sent to England by Pope Gregory,the head of the Roman christian church,to convert the saxons to Christianity
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The beggining of Anglo-Saxon Britain
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A letter from the Emperor Honorius told the towns of Britain organized their own defences
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400:Roman legions began to withdraw from Britain at the end of the fourth century to protect other areas of the empire from invading forces
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1066:➛King Edward died in January 1066
➛He was succeeded by the last Anglo-Saxon king,Harold. The duke of Normandy,William, said that king Edward had promised him the throne and went to claim it,defeating the king Harold II
➛The anglo-norman is the language spoken since then,influencing old english and changing it to middle english