520 The Angles, 2 597 =Conversion to Christianity=, 3 =Struggle for supremacy among the Saxon kingdoms=, 3 Supremacy of Northumbria, 3 716-819 Supremacy of Mercia, 4 800 _Ecgberht_, 5 Supremacy of the West Saxons, 5 =Period of Danish Invasion=, 5 836 _Æthelwulf_, 6 858 _Æthelbald_, 6 860 _Æthelberht_, 6 866 _Æthelred_, 6 870 =Danish Conquest of East Anglia=, 7 871 _Alfred_, 7 Appreciation of Alfred’s character, 8 Continued superiority of Wessex, 10 901 _Eadward the Elder_, 10 925 _Æthelstan_, 11 940 _Eadmund_, 11 946 _Eadred_, 11 Rise of Dunstan, 12 955 _Edwy_, 13 957 _Eadgar_, 13 Dunstan’s government, 13 Division of Northumbria, 14 975 _Eadward the Martyr_, 15 Fall of Dunstan, 15 979 _Æthelred the Unready_, 15 =Third Period of Danish Invasion=, 15 991 Battle of Maldon, 16 994 First Danegelt, 16 Æthelred’s Marriage with Emma, 17 1002 Massacre of St. Brice, 17 Pernicious influence of Eadric Streona, 17 1008 Thurkill’s invasion, 17 1013 Swegen’s Great Invasion, 18 England submits to Swegen, 18 1014 Restoration of Æthelred, 18 1016 _Edmund Ironside_, 19 Five great battles, 19 Division of the Kingdom, 19