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28 Cards in this Set
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EGBERT THE SAXON
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First king to rule England as one kingdom
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HENRY THE FOWLER
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King of Germany who defeated the Magyars after a 9 year truce
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SWEYN
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Danish king who defeated Ethelred and took the English throne in 1013
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CANUTE
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Dane who took the English throne away from Ethelred's son, but then allowed him to rule beside him until his death
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EDMUND IRONSIDE
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Etheired's son who won Canute's admiration in the battle for the English throne; ruled beside Canute until his death
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CANUTE
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"Learn how feeble is the power of earthly kings. None is worthy of the name of king but He whom heaven and earth and sea obey"
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HENRY THE FOWLER
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"Not a piece of gold will be given you. Our truce is ended”
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GUTHRUM
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"You, then, King Alfred, were the wandering minstrel!"
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ALFRED THE GREAT
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“I will give you your liberty if you will become a Christian and never again make war on my people."
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ALFRED THE GREAT
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Saxon king who established border between Saxon and Dane rule
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MACBETH
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“I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet..."
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SHAKESPEARE
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Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/And then is heard no more. It is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury/Signifying nothing.
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EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
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King of England whose heart was really in the church and whose desire was to lead a holy life; died without an heir
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DUNCAN
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King of Scotland; murdered by Macbeth
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POPE GREGORY VII
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1st pope to depose an emperor from his throne; changed his mind when the emperor whined
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PETER THE HERMIT
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Monk who rounded peasants and townsmen up and took them to the First Crusade
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URBAN II
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Pope whose speech set off the First Crusade
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GODFREY OF BOUILLON
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1st Christian king of Jerusalem
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FREDERICK BARBAROSSA
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German emperor who drowned in his armor on the way to the Third Crusade
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HAROLD GODWINSON
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Defeated by William the Conqueror in the Battle of Hastings for the throne of England
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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
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Norman who came to Hastings to claim the English throne - and took it
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BATTLE OF HASTINGS
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Battle that marks the end of Saxon reign in England and the beginning of Norman reign
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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
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“I live! I live! Fight on! We shall conquer yet!”
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BATTLE OF HASTINGS
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1066 A.D.
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POPE GREGORY VII
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"I have loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore I die in exile.”
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GODFREY OF BOUILLON
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"I cannot wear a crown of gold where Christ wore one of thorns, nor will I be called king in the land where once lived the King of Kings."
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GERMAN LEGEND
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"When ravens cease to fly round the mountain, Barbarossa shall awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness.”
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CRUSADERS TAKE
JERUSALEM IN FIRST CRUSADE |
1099 A.D.
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