Village Idiot's Guide to History

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====== Medieval England ======
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===== Early Middle Ages=====
==== Anglo-Saxon England c.500–1066 ====
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[[rulers_of_east_anglia|Rulers of East Anglia]]\\ 
[[rulers_of_mercia|Rulers of Mercia]]\\ 
[[rulers_of_northumbria|Rulers of Northumbria]]\\ 
[[rulers_of_kent|Rulers of Kent]]\\ 
[[rullers_of_essex|Rulers of Essex]]\\ 
[[rulers_of_wessex|Rulers of Wessex]]\\ 
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**Some key notes leading up to the formation of England as a single entity:**\\
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The [[heptarchy_of_anglo_saxon_kingdoms|Heptarchy]] of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ([[rulers_of_east_anglia|East Anglia]], [[rulers_of_mercia|Mercia]], [[rulers_of_northumbria|Northumbria]], [[rulers_of_kent|Kent]], [[rullers_of_essex|Essex]], Sussex, and [[rulers_of_wessex|Wessex]]) had, by the ninth century, been consolidated into four: [[rulers_of_wessex|Wessex]], [[rulers_of_mercia|Mercia]], [[rulers_of_northumbria|Northumbria]] and [[rulers_of_east_anglia|East Anglia]].\\ 
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Kings from throughout Britain gathered in Eamont (Eamont Bridge, Cumbria), on the 12th of July 927, where Æthelstan was recognised as //king of the English//. This date is concidered the 'foundation date' of England.
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See [[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_14_B_V|Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings]], from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307). //British Library: Digitised Manuscripts.//\\ 
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====Kings of the Anglo-Saxons====
[[alfred_the_great_871-899|Alfred the Great]]	871-899\\ 
[[edward_the_elder_899-925|Edward the Elder]]	899-925\\ 
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====Kings of the English====  
//Rex Anglorum//\\ 
[[athelstan_925-940|Æthelstan]]	925-940\\ 
- Eamont Bridge\\ 
- Battle of Brunanburh\\
[[edmund_940-946|Edmund I]], the Magnificent	940-946\\ 
[[eadred_946-955|Eadred]]	946-955\\ 
Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair	955-959\\ 
Edgar the Peaceable	959-975\\ 
Edward the Martyr	975-978\\ 
Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready)	979-1013\\ 
Edmund II (Ironside)	1016\\ 
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====House of Knýtlinga====
Sweyn Forkbeard	1013-1014\\ 
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====House of Wessex====
Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready)	1014-1016\\ 
Edmund Ironside 1016\\ 
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====House of Knýtlinga====
Cnut the Great	1016-1035\\ 
Harold I (Harefoot)	1035-1040\\ 
Cnut II (Harthacnut)	1040-1042\\ 
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====House of Wessex====
[[edward_the_confessor|Edward (the Confessor)]]	1042-1066\\ 
Harold II	1066\\ 
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=====Reference=====
[[http://www.esawyer.org.uk/browse/sawyercat.html|Anglo-Saxon Charters in Sawyer's Catalogue]]\\ 
[[http://pase.ac.uk/index.html|The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England]]\\