Dark Ages

By 16kaa42
  • Period: 250 to

    Christianity in the Dark Ages

  • Battle of Milvian Bridge
    300

    Battle of Milvian Bridge

    Roman Emporer Constantine and Maxentius
  • Constantine
    300

    Constantine

    became and Emporer
  • Battle of Milvian Bridge OUTCOME
    305

    Battle of Milvian Bridge OUTCOME

    Constintine won and led him to the end of the Tretchery and become ruler of the Roman Empire
  • Council of Nicea OUTCOME
    325

    Council of Nicea OUTCOME

    accomplishments of the Son of God. Created the new testement
  • Clovis
    466

    Clovis

    first king of Franks to unite all Frankish tribes under one ruler
  • Odoacer
    476

    Odoacer

    German soldier who became first King of Italy. his reign marks the ending of the Western Roman Empire
  • Fall of the Roman Empire
    476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    Odoacer took over the Western Empire
  • Justinian and Theodora
    527

    Justinian and Theodora

    Justinian was crowned and married Theodora
  • Hajia Sophia
    532

    Hajia Sophia

    Cathedral of the city in Constantinopal
  • The Plague OUTCOME
    541

    The Plague OUTCOME

    Europes economy went through extreme inflation, couldn't trade or import goods. Made it impossible to reunite the Empire.
  • Bede Monk
    Sep 30, 673

    Bede Monk

    Priest of Monk of Jarrow
  • Charles Martel "The Hammer"
    Sep 27, 676

    Charles Martel "The Hammer"

    Grandfather of Charlemagne
  • Charles Martel
    Sep 27, 732

    Charles Martel

    won the Battle of Tours, prevented Moslems from getting anyfarther into Europe than Spain
  • Battle of Tours OUTCOME
    Oct 1, 732

    Battle of Tours OUTCOME

    Franks won and the Umayyad army withdrew. stopped the spread of Islam into Europe
  • Alaric

    Alaric

    King of the Visigoths until 410 which ended the ROman Empire
  • Alfred the Great

    Alfred the Great

    king of Wessex. dominant ruler in England
  • Ivar the Boneless

    Ivar the Boneless

    Viking leader, berserker. son of Ragnar Lodbrok. ruled what no is Denmark and Sweden
  • Charlemagne

    Charlemagne

    King of Franks
  • St. Benedict

    St. Benedict

    Benedict of Nursia, Christian saint, honored by Anglican and Catholic Churches
  • Holy Roman Empire

    Holy Roman Empire

    complex union of territories in Centrol Europe
  • Viking Raids

    Viking Raids

    small hit and run attacks
  • Viking Raids OUTCOME

    Viking Raids OUTCOME

    attacked on the monastery at Lindi is farne off of Englands cost. signaled the beginning of the Viking Age