Early Middle Ages dates, 300-1000
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 540 | Rule of Benedict |
| 563 | Columba founds Iona |
| 590-604 | Papacy of Gregory the Great |
| 596 | Augustine of Canterbury's mission to England |
| 617-634 | King Edwin of Northumbria |
| 672-735 | Bede, the Venerable, of Jarrow |
| 664 | Synod of Whitby |
| 754 | Bonifacius martyred by Frisians |
| 751-768 | Pepin, King of the Franks |
| 756 | Donation of Constantine, forgery |
| 768-814 | Reign of Charlemagne |
| 793-876 | First wave of Viking raids |
| 800 | Charlemagne crowned emperor of the Romans |
| 843 | Treaty of Verdun: division of Carolingian empire |
| 843 | Dhuoda writes her Handbook for her son William |
| 871-899 | Alfred, King of West Saxons |
| 910 | Foundation of Cluny |
| 936-973 | Otto I, King of Germany |
| 962 | Otto I crowned emperor |
| 975 | Death of Egil Skallagrimson |
| 991-1013 | Second wave of Viking raids in England (Aethelred the Unready) |
| 1016-1035 | Cnut, King of England |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror king of England |
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