Arthur in the Chronicle Tradition

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  • 410

    Sack of Rome

    Alaric and the Visigoths sack Rome, bringing the symbolic heart of the Roman Empire to its knees and solidifying the end of Rome's imperial significance in Europe
  • 449

    Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain

    According to Bede, 449 is the year in which the Angles and Saxons first arrived in Britain
  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    The last Roman emperor is deposed and Roman rule across Europe ends permanently
  • 493

    Battle of Mount Badon/Battle of Badon Hill

    A decisive victory by the Celtic Britons against the Angles and Saxons at Mount Badon (most likely near Swindon) slowing the invasion for a time
  • 547

    Gildas's "On the Downfall and Conquest of Britain"

    Likely date of composition for Gildas's "On the Downfall and Conquest of Britain" (De excidio et conquestu Britanniae)
  • 572

    Gildas dies

  • 731

    Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation"

  • 732

    The Battle of Tours

    At the Battle of Tours, Charles "the Hammer" Martel, a Frank, defeated Islamic invading forces attempting to expand into Europe. Charles Martel is often credited as being the founder of feudalism and knighthood. He was also the beginning of the Carolingian dynasty, and the father of Charlemagne
  • 800

    Charlemagne becomes Holy Roman Emperor

    Charlemagne becomes the Emperor of the Romans, also called the Holy Roman Emperor, after already becoming ruler of the Franks and Lombards
  • 1066

    Norman Conquest

    The conquest of English by the Norman French invaders, led by William the Conqueror, which is one of the most consequential events in English history. Linguistic, political, and cultural shifts occur.
  • 1125

    William of Malmesbury's "The Deeds of the English Kings"

    Malmesbury's "Deeds of the English Kings" (De rebus gestis regum Anglorum) is written
  • 1138

    Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain"

    Geoffrey writes "History of the Kings of Britain" (Historia Regum Britannie)
  • 1155

    Geoffrey dies

  • 1190

    Giraldis Cambrensis's "On the Instruction of Princes"

    Giraldis Cambrensis's "On the Instruction of Princes" (De instructione prinicipum)