Chronology of British Government英国政府(按时间排序).doc

Monarch Date of Rule Deeds Events Comments Germanic/Scandinavian Rule Alfred the Great 871-899 Defeated“Danlaw” expansion regained land established navy and garrison introduction of Christanity to Dames, first public schools for noble descendances and magistrates Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon Wessexline Edward the elder Anglo-Saxon Wessexline; Son to Alfred Athelstan Anglo-Saxon Wessexline; Son to Edward Edgar the Peaceful 959-975 Anglo-Saxon Wessexline Ethelred the Unready 978`1016 Invaded England Anglo-Saxon Wessexline; Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark Canute 1016-1035 1.chosen as king by Witan;2.United England, Denmark and Norway. Scandinavian Conqueror Edward the Confessor 1042-1066 1.facilitated the Norman Conquer;2.Norman feudal system adopted Son of Ethelred the Unready Harold Godwinson 1066 defeated Norwegians Earl of Wessex Norman French Rule William I 1066-1087 5-steps to strengthen reign in England: 1.crushed all resistance,built castles for protection 2.broke up Saxon earldoms established centralized royal government. 3.vicomtes 4.slovent royal treasury, royal coinage 5.allied with Roman Catholic Church defeated Harold and crowned William I at Westminster Abbey on Dec.25,1066 William the Conqueror, French duke connected to the Wessex Line who favored by Edward the Confessor William II 1087-1100 Murdured William Rufus, 2nd son to William I Henry I 1100-1135 Altered the relationship between King and his followers:1.chose bishops 2.accepted money from Barons instead of military service-exchequer 3rd son of William I Stephen Maud 1135-1154 1.20-years of civil war and anarchy; 2.agreement to Stephen’s rule and Henry II’s succession. Stephen:Grandson to William I; Matilda: Daughter to Henry I Angevin French – Plantagenents Henry II 1154-1189 1.reform of legislative system 2.claimed vast territories in France and Ireland through various family connections; 3.altered the relationships between secular and religious aut