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For my first timeline, I'm strongly considering writing a history of England with a point of divergence in around 870 AD, during the reign of King Alfred. It would be based around the continued Anglo Saxon hegemony of the British Isles, no Norman Conquest, and a continued focus on Northern Europe rather than on France. It would also be heavily focused on religion, in particular an averted Schism.

Whilst I have a basic timeline in place and other ideas floating around, what I'm really interested in is the far reaching social, cultural, political and religious implications of no Norman Conquest. Not so much during the early Medieval Period, but moreso the effects on the period analogous to our timelines Renaissance.

Please, exalted denizens of Alternatehistory.com, throw some ideas at me in regards to a continued Anglo Saxon England. It is very much appreciated.
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