Chapter XXI

EDWARD THE MARTYR--OLD AGE OF DUNSTAN--NORMANS AND NORTHMEN.

975. Accession of Edward “the Martyr” 360

Anti-monastic policy of Elfhere in Mercia.
Banishment of Oslac, Earl of Northumbria 361

977–979. Three meetings of the Witenagemot on the monastic
question. Catastrophe at Calne 362

978. Edward assassinated at Corfe 364

Accession of Ethelred II. 365

Closing years of Dunstan. His remonstrances
against Ethelred’s spoliation of Church lands
at Rochester 365

988. Death of Dunstan 365

Story of the Dukes of Normandy 367

927. Duke William Longsword 368

943. Duke Richard the Fearless 369

Origin of the house of Plantagenet 370

Harold Blue-Tooth, King of Denmark 371

Sweyn of Denmark dethrones his father 371

Harold Fair-hair, King of Norway 372