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461
Decline of the former western roman emipre
This did many things like----- disruption of trade, downfall of cites, population shift, decline of learning, and loss of common language. -
476
Germans Invade Former western roman empire
German forces invaded what had been the western roman empire. Germans brought many changes to language, government, and culture. -
Period: 500 to Oct 26, 1500
Middle Ages
The empire was doing very well at this time. -
511
Uniting Of The Franks
In 511 Franks were united into one kingdom. This is teh modern day France. -
550
Goverment
Small Germanic kingdoms replace Roman provinces. Family ties and personal loyalty rather than citizenship and written law became the focus -
Oct 30, 751
Pepin the short
He was the son of Charles the hammer, he fought the lombards who were invading Itly and threatinng Rome. In exchange the pope anninted Pepin"king by grace of god" -
Period: Oct 30, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
Traditional historiography has seen the Carolingian assumption of kingship as the product of a long rise to power, punctuated even by a premature attempt to seize the throne -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
Harold II was killed in the battle—legend has it that he was shot through the eye with an arrow. Ewwwww -
Nov 27, 1095
Crusades
Pope Urban II defined and launched the crusades at the Council of Clermont in 1095 -
Period: Nov 27, 1096 to Nov 27, 1270
Crusades
The armies journeyed eastward by land toward Constantinople, where they received a wary welcome from the Byzantine Emperor. -
May 29, 1167
Battle of Legnano
The Battle of Legnano was fought on May 29, 1176, between the forces of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and the Lombard League. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects. -
Nov 26, 1295
Pariament is fromed in England
The parliment was formed in england in early 1295 -
Period: Nov 27, 1337 to Nov 27, 1453
Hundred Years War
This was a devistating war. -
Period: Nov 27, 1340 to Nov 27, 1400
Bubonic Plague
The black plague is a desis that many people got back in the old days. It was like a big pimple... This is how ring around the roses came about. -
Nov 14, 1414
Great Schism
There is a fight between 3 popes -
Nov 26, 1436
Joan Of Arc
She had visions, believed to be from God, that led to the liberation of her homeland from English dominance in the Hundred Years' War. -
Vernacular
"vernacular" was brought into the English language as early as 1601 from Latin vernaculus "native" -
Crowing of Charlemagne by the pope
Charles the Great, was ruler of the Franks for 47 years. He served the last 14 years of his life as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire -
Charles The Hammer
He is remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732.Charles the Hammer was a Frankish military and political leader who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings -
Downfall of Charlemagnes empire
Louis left the empire to all three of his sons who fought and eventually split the land. Without central authority or strong leadership the empire weaknes. -
Banning og Lay Investiture
The pope very much oppsoed the lay Investiture.The Emperor Henry IV called a meeting with the bishops and with their approval he sent Pope Gregory VII And this baned the lay investiture for good. -
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Regin of Charlemagne
It was an official commissioned by the Frankish king or Holy Roman Emperor to supervise the administration
