Life in the UK Test
Prep
Notable Figures: Early History & Medieval
•
Geoffrey Chaucer
: Author of
The Canterbury Tales
.
•
Henry Tudor (Henry VII)
: Defeated
Richard III
, married
Elizabeth of York
, and became the first king of the
House of Tudor
.
•
King Alfred the Great
: Defeated the
Vikings
and united
Anglo-Saxon
kingdoms in
England
.
•
King Harold
: The last
Saxon
king of
England
, killed at the
Battle of Hastings
.
•
Robert the Bruce
: Led the
Scottish
to defeat the
English
at the
Battle of Bannockburn
in
1314
.
•
St Augustine
: The first
Archbishop of Canterbury
who spread
Christianity
in the south.
•
St Patrick
: The patron saint of
Ireland
.
•
William Caxton
: The first person in
England
to use a printing press.
•
William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy)
: Defeated
King Harold
at the
Battle of Hastings
in
1066
and built the
Tower of London
.