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Jan 5, 1095
Pope Urban II calls for first crusade
The Pope's crusading movement began in March 1095, at the Council of Piacenza. Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, asked for help against Muslim Turks who took over most of Anatolia. At the Council of Clermont held in November of the same year, his sermon was effective and he summoned many to wrestle the holy land and eastern churches from the Seljuk Turks. http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/CouncilofClermont.jpg/250px-CouncilofClermont.jpg -
Dec 21, 1184
Episcopal Inquisition takes place
An inquisition is a harsh or prolonged questioning. The one that i am talking about is the episcopal inquisition(1184-1230). All this was happening because of heresies. http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/m004-spanishinquisition.jpg -
Jan 5, 1210
Franciscans founded
The Franciscans were founded by St. Francis of Assisi. He was touched by a sermon and then devoted himself a life of apoptolistic poverty. He preched and was joined by ten others within a year. ttp://petercavanaugh.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/st-francis-birds-2.jpg -
Jan 5, 1212
Children's crusade begins
Children's crusade is a name given to many fictional and factual events that happened in 1212 that contain mostly children. In one story there is a boy preaching that he has been visited by God and told to lead a crusade to convert the muslims to christianity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_dore_crusades_the_childrens_crusade.jpg -
Jan 5, 1215
dominicans founded
Like his contemporary dominic saw the need for a new type of organization. Dominic 's order was a preaching order. He established a religious community in Toulose in 1214 and in 1216 the dominican organization was approved by Pope HonoriusIII. http://thepracticingcatholic.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/dominic3.jpeg -
Jan 5, 1348
Black Death spreads throughout Europe
The Black Death was one of the biggest Pandemics in human history. This event peaked in Europe from 1348-1350. The biggest theory of this is the Bubanic Plague theory. The persuction of cats which killed rodents which probably is how this spread could have been the main factor but tjis is a huge mystery. http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/Student/BlackPlague/image001.jpg -
Jan 5, 1378
Great Schism in Church begins
The Great Schism of Western Chritianity which is also known as the papal schism happened from 1378-1417. The schism was driven by politics and nottheplogical disagreement. The Council of Constance in 1414 settled this dispute and advised that John Gerson was the new pope John XXIII http://www.seattlecatholic.com/images/articles/western-schism.jpg -
Clovis Accepts Catholicism
Clovis married a Chritian princess Clotilde, and according to gregory of Tours, as a result of his victory at Tolbiac in 496 A.D., he converted to her Catholic faith. http://autumnanddavid.com/ancestry/drb/pictures/clovis_i.jpg -
Charlamagne became emperor
Charlemagne was crowned emperor on October 9th 768 right after his father's death. He is also known as Charles the Great because of his many military victories. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.haifainc.com/images/charlemagneempebio.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.haifainc.com/main.htm&usg=__3ZaYiMLRuyq3nQwvvxMujaD5Z3M=&h=506&w=273&sz=41&hl=en&start=20&um=1&tbnid=t9Kneh018RT9iM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=71&prev=/images?q=Charlemagne&hl=en&safe=active&sa=G&um=1 -
treaty of Vedun was agreed upon
The treaty was made by the three surviving sons of louis the pious, the son of charles the great. This treaty divides the territories of the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/western_empire_843.jpg -
St Benedict creates the Benedictine rule
The rule sets forth the main princliples of religious life. It contains 73 chapters and even says that he proposed to create a school where salvation shall be taught. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Heiligenkreuz.St._Benedict.jpg -
German King Otto defeats Magyars
King Otto defeated the Magyars at Lechfield By this victory he freed Germany from the hungarian peril. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_the_Great.jpg -
Period: to Dec 21, 1485
Middle Ages
