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HISTORY | LITERATURE
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912. Northmen settle in Normandy |
1066. Battle of Hastings. William, |
king of England |
| 1086. Domesday Book completed
1087. William Rufus |
1093. Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1094(_cir._). Anselem's Cur Deus Homo
1096. First Crusade |
1100. Henry I |
| 1110. First recorded Miracle play in
| England (see chapter on the
| Drama)
1135. Stephen |
| 1137(_cir_.). Geoffrey's History
1147. Second Crusade |
1154. Henry II |
1189. Richard I. Third Crusade |
1199. John |
| 1200 (_cir_.). Layamon's Brut
1215. Magna Charta |
1216. Henry III |
| 1225 (_cir_.). Ancren Riwle
1230 (_cir._). University of Cambridge |
chartered |
1265. Beginning of House of Commons. |
Simon de Montfort |
| 1267. Roger Bacon's Opus Majus