英美概况---英国历史一览表

Chronology of British Government

Monarch Date of Rule Deeds Events Comments

Germanic/Scandinavian Rule

Alfred the Great 871-899 1Defeated“Da

nlaw” expansion

& regained land

2established

navy and garrison

3introduction

of Christanity to

Dames, first

public schools for

noble

descendances and

magistrates

4Anglo-Saxon

Chronicle

Anglo-Saxon Wessexline

Edward the elder Anglo-Saxon Wessexline;

Son to Alfred

Athelstan Anglo-Saxon Wessexline;

Son to Edward

Edgar the

Peaceful

959-975 Anglo-Saxon Wessexline

Ethelred the Unready 978`1016 Invaded England Anglo-Saxon Wessexline;

Sweyn Forkbeard, King of

Denmark

Canute 1016-1035 1.chosen as king by

Witan;2.United

England, Denmark

and Norway.

Scandinavian Conqueror

Edward the Confessor 1042-1066 1.facilitated the

Norman

Conquer;2.Norman

feudal system adopted

Son of Ethelred the

Unready

Harold

Godwinson

1066 defeated Norwegians Earl of Wessex

Norman French Rule

William I 1066-1087 5-steps to

strengthen

reign in

England:

1.crushed

all

resistance,b

uilt castles

for

protection

2.broke up

Saxon

earldoms

established

centralized

royal

government

.

3.vicomtes

4.slovent

royal

treasury,

royal

coinage

5.allied

with

Roman

Catholic

Church

defeated Harold

and crowned William

I at Westminster

Abbey on

Dec.25,1066

William the Conqueror,

French duke connected to

the Wessex Line who

favored by Edward the

Confessor

William II 1087-1100 Murdured William Rufus, 2nd son to

William I

Henry I 1100-1135 Altered the

relationship

between

King and

his

followers:1.

chose

bishops

2.accepted

money

3rd son of William I

from Barons instead of military service-exc hequer

Stephen &Maud 1135-1154 1.20-years of civil

war and anarchy;

2.agreement to

Stephen’s rule and

Henry II’s succession.Stephen:Grandson to William I;

Matilda: Daughter to Henry I

Angevin French – Plantagenents

Henry II 1154-1189 1.reform of

legislative

system

2.claimed

vast

territories

in France

and Ireland

through

various

family

connections

;

3.altered

the

relationship

s between

secular and

religious

authorities

-murdered

of Thomas

Becket/fail

ure in

reforming

canon law;

4.invaded

and

established

English

Son to Maud