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The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was "King of the English". In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in ...
The next two centuries saw huge growth in the English economy, driven in part by the increase in the population from around 1.5 million in 1086 to between 4 and 5 million in 1300. [148] More land, much of it at the expense of the royal forests, was brought into production to feed the growing population and to produce wool for export to Europe ...
The title "King of the English" or Rex Anglorum in Latin, was first used to describe Æthelstan in one of his charters in 928. The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was "King of the English". During the following years Northumbria repeatedly changed hands between the English kings and the Norwegian invaders, but was ...
King of the English r. 924–939: Edmund I 921–946 King of the English r. 939–946: Eadred 923–955 King of the English r. 946–955: Malcolm I c. 900 –954 King of Alba r. 943–954: Indulf d. 962 King of Alba r. 954–962: Richard I 933–996 Duke of Normandy: Eadwig All-Fair c. 940 –959 King of the English r. 955–959: Edgar I the ...
1300 10 March – Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England ("Edward Longshanks") include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent . It is generally agreed that creag is an early form of cricket .
Queen of the English: King Cnut the Great c. 985/995 –1035 King of England r. 1016–1035: Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton c. 990 – after 1040 the first wife of King Cnut: Richard II 963–1026 Duke of Normandy: Æthelstan Ætheling 980s–1014 First Son of King Æthelred the Unready: King Edmund II Ironside c. 990 –1016 King of the English ...
The list of English translations from medieval sources: E–Z provides an overview of notable medieval documents—historical, scientific, ecclesiastical and literature—that have been translated into English. This includes the original author, translator(s) and the translated document.
There are over 3,000 words in modern English that have Scandinavian roots, [117] [118] and more than 1,500 place-names in England are Scandinavian in origin; for example, topographic names such as Howe, Norfolk and Howe, North Yorkshire are derived from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill, knoll, or mound.