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England's Revival

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England’s Revival

Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, led the Anglo-Saxon resistance to the Vikings.

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New defences

  • Following his victory, King Alfred reorganised the English army and established strong fortresses across the country, to protect against further attack.
  • He created an English navy to protect England, an island nation, from attack by sea (which is how the Vikings had invaded).
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Education

  • He reclaimed Anglo-Saxon territory that the Vikings had conquered.
  • He encouraged education so that the country could be governed effectively:
    • He set up schools and encouraged the nobles to read and study.
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House of Wessex

  • Alfred established the House of Wessex as the reigning kingdom in England:
    • King Charles III, England’s current king, is his 33rd great-grandson.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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