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Emerging from the gloom of the Dark Ages, Cadwallon was one of the last of the British kings to overthrown an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom. more...
Ine was neither the son nor the father of a king, but in his laws he left a lasting legacy in England. more...
In 1215, King John was forced to sign Magna Carta, a document that imposed limits on royal power and serves as the basis for modern British law. more...
After the rebellion of one brother, and the death of another, William Rufus succeded his father, William the Conqueror, as King of England. more...
England (the land of the Angles) was born in the 7th century, a new country made up of a number of rival Kingdoms. more...
Starting in 570AD the Saxons moved against the British. The fight began with the Saxon conquest of the south and ended with the war against Rheged. more...
Denounced by the chronicler Gildas as beyond redemption, Maelgwn may have been the greatest of British Kings in the years following Arthur. more...
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