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The Anglo-Saxon & Early Medieval Periods:
Battles and Key Events
Germanic Tribes settle in Britain (c. 400 A.D.)
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The Sack of Rome (410 A.D.)
410
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Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in 410 A.D.
Sutton Hoo Ship Burial (c. 625 A.D.)
625
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Synod of Whitby (664 A.D.)
664
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The Northumbrian synod which determined that the Celtic churches would observe the Roman discipline, most importantly the observance of Easter.
First Viking Raids on England (c. 787 A.D.)
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The Vikings Attack Lindesfarne (793 A.D.)
793
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The Battle of Maldon (991 A.D.)
991
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The real life event which inspired the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Battle of Maldon" took place in the year 991 A.D.
The Great Schism (1054 A.D.)
1054
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The origin of the great split between the Western and Eastern Churches.
The Norman Conquest (1066 A.D.)
1066
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English Sovereigns & Supreme Pontiffs
Pope Sylvester I (314-335 A.D.)
314 - 335
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Pope Leo I (440-461 A.D.)
440 - 461
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Pope Gregory I (c.590-604 A.D.)
590 - 604
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Sent Christian missionaries, including Augustine of Canterbury, from Rome to convert the pagans.
Pope Sergius I (687-701 A.D.)
687 - 701
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King Offa of Mercia (757-796 A.D.)
757 AD - 796
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King Egbert the Saxon (802-839 A.D.)
802 - 839
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King Aethelwulf (839-856/858 A.D.)
839 - 856
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Alfred the Great (871-899 A.D.)
871 - 899
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Canute the Dane (1016-1035 A.D.)
1016 - 1035
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Edward the Confessor (1042-1066 A.D.)
1042 - 1066
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Spread of Christianity
Reign of Constantine the Great: Christianity adopted as the official religion of the Roman Empire (307-337 A.D.)
307 - 337
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Edict of Milan (313 A.D.)
313
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The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.
Beginning of St. Patrick's mission to Ireland (432 A.D.)
432
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St. Augustine of Canterbury's Christian Mission to Kent (597 A.D.)
597
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Conversion of King Aethelberht I of Kent (600 A.D.)
600
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St. Boniface's Mission to the Frisian Saxons on the Continent (716-722 A.D.)
716 - 722
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St. Boniface's Mission to Thuringia (725-735 A.D.)
725 - 735
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Literature & Authors
St. Augustine (354-430 A.D.)
354 - 430
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Composition of St. Augustine's Confessions (c. 400 A.D.)
400
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St. Jerome completes the Vulgate (c. 405 A.D.)
405
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The Vulgate (a Latin Bible) is very important as it eventually became the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. This translation served as the basis for liturgy, hymns, ect. for hundreds of years and thoroughly permeates Western culture.
Boethius (c.470-475--524 A.D.)
470 - 524
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Roman author of the treatise Consolation of Philosophy.
Composition of The Consolation of Philosophy (c.524 A.D.)
523
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The Venerable Bede (672/673-May 25, 735 A.D.)
672 - May 25, 735
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English monk who composed The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Composition of Beowulf (somewhere between 700 and 750 A.D.)
700 - 750
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The composition of Beowulf is estimated to have been sometime between 700-750 A.D.
Alcuin of York (c. 732-804 A.D.)
732 - 804
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English scholar, ecclesiastic, and teacher of the Carolingian (Charlemagne's) court