TEST Part 1

Celts- a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era

Jutes-The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutae were a Germanic people who, according to Bede, were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of their time

Angles- Germanic tribes

Saxons-Germanic tribes

Augustine- Latin church father, is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity, who established anew the ancient faith


Danes-The Danes were a North Germanic tribe residing in modern day southern Sweden and on the Danish islands (and later Jutland). ...


Alferd the great-was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899.


Canute the Dane-son of Sweyn, king of Denmark. Canute was born in 994. He invaded England and, after notable successes, was chosen sole king in 1017

Edward the confessor-Edward the Confessor was king of England from 1042 to 1066. Edward's death was to transform Medieval England and led to the reign of the Norman William


Harold Godwin-
was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England before the Norman Conquest.[1] Harold reigned from 5 January 1066, until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October of that same year, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror. Harold is one of only two Kings of
England to have died in battle

Willam the conqueror-William I: duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II

Joan of Arc-Jeanne d'Arc: French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles

Hugh Capet- king of France (987–96), first of the Capetians Capetians (kəpē`shənz), royal house of France that ruled continuously from 987 to 1328; it takes its name from Hugh Capet ...... Click the link for more information. . He was the son of Hugh the Great Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet . Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul , he supported the candidacy of Louis IV , the Carolingian heir, after Raoul's death (936)...... Click the link for more information. , to whose vast territories he succeeded in 956.


Louis VI-81–1137, king of France 1108–37.

Louis IX-commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death

Boniface VIII-born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in a circle of Hell in his Commedia, and King Philip IV of France.


Ferdiland and Isabella- The marriage in 1469 of royal cousins, Ferdinand of Aragon (1452-1516) and Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), eventually brought stability to both kingdoms. Isabella's niece, Juana, had bloodily disputed her succession to the throne in a conflict in which the rival.



Marco Polo-Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan
(1254-1324

Christopher Columbus - Columbus: Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506