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400
Roman legions began to withdraw from Britain
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410
Britain organized their own defenses
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450
Ango-Saxon Britain
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579
Christianity is gradually spread across England
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700
Epic Poem: The first hero Beowulf
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793
Vikings migrated overseas to Britain
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844
English Culture Restoration
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870
Vikings invaded Wessex
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878
King of Wessex Defeat Vikings
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890
Anglo-sxon chornicles have started being written
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Period: 900 to 1200
Old Englise Prose
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937
Heroic Poems
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937
Battle of Brunanburh
Celebrates the victory of King Athelstan over the Scots and Norse -
942
Short Poem: Capture of the five Boroughs
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973
Coronation of King Edgar
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975
Dead of King Edgar
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990
AEfric begins to write
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1036
Dead of Prince Alfred
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1036
Dead of Prince Alfred
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1066
The last king is defeated
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1085
End of Anglo-Saxon England