291, 292 292, 293 Creation of two West-Saxon ealdormanries. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury . The union of the king and the primate in the government of the 995. 997-999. Renewed attacks of the pirates Ethelred's vigorous measures of defence Ethelred's alliance with the Normans. Character of the Norman duchy. The difficulties that threatened it from without and within. 943-996. Condition of Normandy under Richard the Fearless 996-1026. The reign of Richard the Good 1002. The massacre of St. Brice's day . 395, 396 |