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Battle of Hastings

1066

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to relieve from an obligation

absolve

100

"When the ravens cease to fly round the mountain, Barbarossa shall awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness."

German Legend

100

Norman who came to England to claim the throne - and took it.

William the Conqueror

100
Son of slain king of Scotland who drove Macbeth out and took back the throne

Malcolm

200

Muslim recapture of Jerusalem

1187

200

to rush out from a fort

sally

200

"Because I have breathed upon thee, thou shalt accomplish whatever thou shalt undertake in peace or in battle."

St. Lazarus

200

Greatest statesman of the popes

Gregory VII

200

Saxon king of England after the Danish period

Edward the Confessor

300

First capture of Jerusalem by crusaders

1099

300

official rebuke

censure

300

"I cannot wear a crown of gold where Christ wore one of thorns."

Godfrey de Bouillon

300

Leader of the Muslims in their recapture of Jerusalem

Saladin

300

King of Scotland murdered by Macbeth

Duncan

400

nonbeliever in a particular religion

infidel

400
"I live! Fight on! We shall conquer yet!"

William the Conqueror

400

Holy Roman emperor who had to submit to the pope

Henry IV

400

Spanish military hero called El Cid

Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar

500

burial vault

sepulcher 

500

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage..."

Macbeth

500

King of Castile who banished El Cid

Alfonzo

500

Saxon king of England defeated and killed by Norman army

Harold Godwinson

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