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300
Development of Canon Law
It ended in about 550. All medieval Christians, kings, and peasants alike, were subject to canon law in matters such as marriage and religous practices. -
500
Uniting the Franks
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Period: 500 to Oct 30, 1500
Middle Ages
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Period: Oct 26, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 -
Oct 30, 1075
The Pope
Pope Gregory VII banned lay investiture -
Nov 30, 1096
Cursade 1
Meanwhile real armies were gathering in the West. Recruits came in greater numbers from France than from any other country, a circumstance which resulted in the crusaders being generally called "Franks" by their Moslem foes. They had no single commander, but each contingent set out for Constantinople by its own route and at its own time. -
Period: Nov 30, 1096 to Nov 30, 1270
Cursades
The timespans that all the Crusade of "Holy Wars" happened. -
Oct 26, 1100
Empire that Otto created
Otto created was first called the Roman Empire of the German nation -
Oct 26, 1152
German Princes
Seven German princes who elected the German king realized that Germany needed a strong ruler to keep the peace. -
Oct 26, 1176
Lombard Soldiers
Lombard league faced Fredricks army of mounted knigthts at the Battle of Legnano. -
Oct 26, 1177
Fredrick and the Pope
Fredrick made peace with the pope and returned to Germany. -
Oct 30, 1190
Fredricks Empire
Fredricks empire turned into a an array of fragented feudal states. -
Nov 30, 1200
Vernacular
Development of French and Spanish through Latin -
Nov 30, 1202
4th Crusade
was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked the Christian (Eastern Orthodox) city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire). -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document that King John of England (1166 - 1216) was forced into signing -
Nov 30, 1295
Parliament is Formed in England
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Period: Nov 30, 1337 to Nov 30, 1453
Hundreds Years' War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne. -
Period: Nov 30, 1340 to Nov 30, 1400
Bubonic Plague-Black Death
A plague that spread across Europe and killed 1/3 of Europes population www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-timeline.htm -
Nov 30, 1414
Great Schism
The schism in western Christendom was finally healed at the Council of Constance -
May 30, 1428
Joan of Arc
Joan travels to Vaucouleurs (prompted by voices), and asks to join the Dauphin but is turned away. -
Banning of Lay Investiture
Pope Gregory VII banned lay investiture -
Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope
The church sought to influence both spiritual and political matters. -
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Reign of Charlemagne
