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DANISH INVASION, ENGLISH UNIFICATION, AND NORMAN CONQUEST
• 871 CE – ALFRED THE GREAT TAKES
THE THRONE
• BATTLES WITH THE DANES (VIKINGS)
• IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN
UNIFICATION OF ANGLO SAXONS
AND THE DANES
• 1066 – NORMAN INVASION –
DEFEATS BOTH THE ANGLO-SAXONS
AND THE DANES; END OF THE
ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD
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