Chapters 12-16 Review Flashcards by Michelle Kershaw

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Ireland

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Chester

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Danish king; invaded England and defeated Anglo-Saxons in 1013 AD; became king of England

Sweyn

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the North Sea

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Saxony

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London

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Seine River

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the Rhine River

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chosen by Conrad to succeed him as king of Germany

Henry the Fowler

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875 AD

Alfred the Great: first English naval victory

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Denmark

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West Saxon king; killed in battle with the Danes

Ethelred

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Wessex

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chiefs of the Jutes; early Germanic settlers in England

Hengist and Horsa

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Date of Alfred the Great’s first English naval victory

875

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Saxon king in western England; conquered Danes and established border between Danish and Saxon rule in England

Alfred the Great

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“Let us make ourselves homes here, and I and my Vikings will become your vassals.”

Rollo

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demonstration of allegiance to a feudal lord

homage

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established what became the duchy of Normandy

Rollo

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Wales

king of France; made peace with Rollo and granted him and his people the Normandy territory

Charles the Simple

name used by Otto and his successors for their united kingdom of Germany

Holy Roman Empire

What territory in France did Rollo acquire, and what was required of him in return?

Rollo's grant was the territory now called Normandy. Rollo was obliged to hold and show allegience to the king, and to provide troops for the king's army in times of war.

raided Britain and northern Europe for over two centuries

Norsemen

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Franconia

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succeeded by Alfred

Ethelred

itinerant poet-singer of the Middle Ages

minstrel

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Britain

What had become of Charlemagne's empire and what threats was it facing?

A hundred years since Charlemagne's death, his empire was fragmented into seven kingdoms. NO direct descendants of Charlemagne still lived. Parts of the German territories were under attack by the Magyars in the south and later by Danes in the north.

Date Canute becomes king of England

1016

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"Oh, they would be angels instead of Angels if they were only Christians, for they certainly have the faces of angels."

the monk Gregory

Why did he build a navy?

As more and more Danes were coming over from Denmark, Alfred built a navy to be able to fight them in their own element and defeat them or disrupt them before they could land.

first king to rule England as a united kingdom

Egbert the Saxon

solving dispute; making peace of friendship

conciliation

duke of Saxony

Henry the Fowler

"Never will I bend my knee before any man and no man's foot will I kiss."

Rollo

How did Alfred become king?

Alfred became king after his older brother Ethelred was killed fighting the Danes.

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Rouen

legendary and partly mythical Briton king

King Arthur

Dane who became sole ruler of England in 1016 AD

Canute

resisted Anglo-Saxon invasions

King Arthur

subject of a feudal lord

vassal

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missionary who spread Christianity in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions

St. Patrick

"Learn how feeble is the power of earthly kings. None is worthy of the name of king but He whom heaven and earth and sea obey."

Canute

technique and sport of hunting game with a falcon

falconry

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(English) Channel

took title of emperor; first Holy Roman emperor

Otto

"Not a piece of gold wil be given you. Our truce is ended."

Henry the Fowler

What kind of king was Canute? Give examples

Canute ruled wisely. He sent his Danish army back to Denmark, keeping only a small fleet and palace guard. He solicited the support of his Anglo-Saxon subjects. He rebuked flattery. He gave England peace and prosperity.

son of Henry; succeeded his father

Otto

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Paris

led raiding parties up the Seine

Rollo

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How did this experience influence him and affect English history?

Egbert was impressed by and learned from the many innovations of Charlemagne. He returned to England and established there, the sytem of Charlemagne. He persuaded or forced the petty kings to recognize his rule as the first king of a unified England.

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