![]() Alfred establishes a permanent army and navyĨ91 - Anglo Saxon Chronicle, source of much early British History, begunĨ93 - Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, completes his book The Life of Alfred the GreatĨ94 - Northumbrian and East Angles swear allegiance to Alfred, but promptly break the truce attacking South West England.Ĩ96 - Naval victory over the Danes in the SolentĨ99 - Alfred dies and is buried at Winchester. Danelaw - the territory occupied by the Danes in East Anglia is recognised by AlfredĨ90 - Guthrum dies. Guthrum accepts baptism as a Christian and agrees to leave Wessex and settle in East Anglia.Ĩ84 - Alfred defeats the Danes at RochesterĨ85 - Alfred imposes rules on South WalesĨ86 - Alfred takes London from the Danes. ![]() Alfred defeats Guthrum at the battle of Ethandune (Edington) in Wiltshire.Ĩ78 - Treaty of Wedmore divides England into two. The Lincoln Magna Carta is one of only four of these that are extant today.871 - Alfred becomes King of Wessex following the death of his brother AethelredĨ75 - After persistent attacks by Vikings the monks of Lindesfarne travel through Northumbria and Galloway with the Lindesfarne Gospels.Ĩ78 - Guthrum's Danish army invades Wessex, and Alfred takes refuge on the isle of Athelney. Within two weeks, as many as forty-one official manuscript copies of the text of Magna Carta were prepared, sealed, and sent to each of the counties, including Lincoln. ![]() After several days, the barons renewed their allegiance to the king. The parties agreed to meet at Runnymede, a watery meadow on the Thames, located halfway between London and the king’s castle in Windsor.Īt Runnymede on June 15, King John accepted the terms that would become Magna Carta and placed his seal on the charter. When the barons seized London, however, King John was forced to come to terms. In May 1215, the barons, along with representatives of the English church, publicly renounced their homage to King John, who responded by ordering the seizure of the barons’ castles. In January 1215, a party representing about forty barons met with King John in London to discuss terms of reform, but the meeting produced no concrete results. Their discontent came to a head during John’s reign. Eventually the barons could no longer abide the unpredictable ruling style of their kings. An expanding legal culture created new expectations among the baronage, who began to count on the courts to protect their interests. King John ruled England in a ruthless manner at a time when the instruments of government and the practices of the courts were becoming consolidated. King John’s military failure at the Battle of Bouvines triggered the barons’ revolt, but the roots of their discontent lay much deeper. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (003) ![]() ![]() Detail from London area map in An Atlas of England and Wales. ![]()
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