Danes control England. Canute takes throne (1016), conquers Norway (1028), dies (1035); kingdom divided among his sons: Harold Harefoot (England), Sweyn (Norway), Hardecanute (Denmark). Macbeth murders Duncan, king of Scotland. Robert Guiscard, Norman invader, establishes kingdom in Italy, conquers Sicily (1072).
(Changes that occurred in Europe)
During the High Middle Ages, which began after 1000, the population of Europe increased greatly as technological and agricultural innovations allowed trade to flourish and the Medieval Warm Period climate change allowed crop yields to increase.
