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A Guide to English-Speaking
1.1.5 Danish Invasion (8th Century—1066)
Countries
• Westminster Abbey, built in1052, by the penultimate King of England, the Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)
❖ Germanic people (the Jutes from Jutland, Angles from South of Denmark and Saxons from Germany)
❖ English (language of the Angles)
dominant language
❖ Roman Christianity St. Augustine brings Christianity to Britain from Rome and becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chapter 2 History
英 语 国 家 概 况
A Guide to English-Speaking
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CONTENT
I The Founding of the Nation II Transition to the Modern Age
❖ Alfred the Great, king of Wessex ▪ A peace treaty: the eastern half of the island was to be subject to the Danish law and come to be known as the Danelaw ▪ From 1016 to 1042, under the rule of Danish kings. ▪ In 1042, the English throne was returned to thon—In August 55 BC, Julius Caesar invaded Britain