What is the date of the battle of Hastings? - 1066 A.D., What is the date of the battle of Edington? - 878 A.D., Who wrote the History of the Kings of Brittain? - Geoffrey of Monmouths, What theoi prophesied that a race of kings will be born there (Brittain) from your stock and the round circle of the whole earth will be subject to them by Geoffrey of Monmouth - cronus, What mythical descendent of Aeneas is credited with founding Britain? - Brutus the Trojan, What was Britain called before Brutus names it after himself? - Albion, Who occupied Britain before Brutus and his army landed? - a few giants, What was the name of the city Brutus founded on the Thames River? - Troja Nova, According to Julius Caesar, what made the Britons have “a terrible apperance in a fight”? - They would wear their hair long and have every part of their body shaved except for their head and upper lip., What emperor of Rome conquered Britain in 43AD - Claudius, What emperor of Rome built a wall in northern Britain from sea to sea in 122?/What is the name ofthe wall? - Hadrian built Hadrian's wall, What is a client state - a state that is put under the power of a more powerful state, What even caused an economic meltdown in the 5th century on Britain? - When the Romans left Brittain, Where did the Angles and Saxons come from before they invaded Britain in the 5th century? - they occupied the coastal regions of northern denmark and germany, What legendary Briton was portrayed as a Christian king fighting the pagan Saxons in the 5th century? - King Arthur, Who wrote Le Morte de Arthur in the 15th Century? - Sir Thomas Malory, What event settled the conflict between Celtic and Roman Christianity in 664? - Synod of Whitby, What name was given to the large Viking army that formed the late 9th century - Great Heathan ARmy, What was the only Anglo-Saxon kingdom not conquered by the Vikings? - wessex, What Christian king of Wessex defeated the Vikings at Edington in 878? - Alfred, What event led to the Battle of Hastings? - death of King Edward, Where was William the Conqueror from? - FalaiseFrance, What is Feudalism? Where did it come from? - A social system in Medieval Europe. It developed from the fall of the Western Roman Empire by barbarian invasions, King, Noble, Knight, Serf - Feudal system in order, King - top of the social system, noble - below the king (duke earl baron), Knight - fought for the nobles, serf - bottom of feudalism, worked on the land as slaves, How did Alfred show goodness to his people. - He believed in education. He wanted his subjects to learn how to read.  , What is the significance of the Vikings Invasions in Brittain. - The viking raids helped unify England and Anglo-saxon , Explain the significance of the Norman Conquest of England. - It replaced the ango-saxon ruling class with Norman nobility. More french influence and the feudal system began. ,

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