Notes 9/8/10

• Saxons were the earliest Englishmen (Beowulf)
• English and the Vikings battle for 300 years
• 1066- William the Conquerer
• House of Plantagenet comes in
• Was est. in the 10th century
• Ruled England 1154-1485

• Henry II
• English foreign relations were based on his whims
• Welsh and Scotts fought for their independence
• Richard the Lionhearted 
• Mostly away fighting the Crusades
• Seen as "good" 
• Was killed by Saladin
• John
• Signed the Magna Carta
• Edward I 
• Hammer of the Scots because he destroyed them
• 2 Great Scottish Heroes
• William Wallace
• Robert the Bruce 
• Crusades
• Fought over Jerusalem and Constantinople
• After Richard died, England looked inward
• Rise of nationalism