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Period: 500 to Aug 31, 1500
Middle ages
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Oct 26, 600
uniting the franks
The Franks were a group of Germanic tribes that, about the middle of the 3rd century AD, dwelt along the middle and lower Rhine River. The Franks appeared in the Roman provinces around 253 and soon thereafter established themselves in two principal groups, the Salian and the Ripuarian. The Salian Franks inhabited the territory along the lower stretches of the Rhine, and the Ripuarian Franks lived along the middle course of the river. The Salians were conquered by the Roman emperor Julian in 358 -
Period: Sep 1, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
It ended the same day, around dusk when the English fled to the north in the near woods and finished aprox 6pm thats when harold godwindson died he got hurt under his eye with an arrow and the french army chopped him to pieces
It's the most famous date in history - AD 1066. -
Nov 25, 1078
Banning of lay investiture
Inasmuch as we have learned that, contrary to the establishments of the holy fathers, the investiture with churches is, in many places, performed by lay persons; and that from this cause many disturbances arise in the church by which the Christian religion is trodden underfoot: we decree that no one of the clergy shall receive the investiture with a bishopric or abbey or church from the hand of an emperor or king or of any lay person, male or female. But if he shall presume to do so he shall cle -
Nov 27, 1095
1st Crusade
Pope Urban II (1088-1099) was responsible for assisting Emperor Alexus I (1081-1118) of Constantinople in launching the first crusade. He made one of the most influential speeches in the Middle Ages, calling on Christian princes in Europe to go on a crusade to rescue the Holy Land from the Turks. -
Period: Nov 19, 1096 to Nov 18, 1270
Crusades
Since the time of Constantine, Christians had gone on pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Even though Moslems had ruled Jerusalem since 638, Christians were still allowed to visit the city. By the 11th century, however, the situation had changed. Just as the number and frequency of pilgrimages to Jerusalem was at new peaks, the Seljuk Turks took over control of Jerusalem and prevented pilgrimages. -
Nov 19, 1147
2nd Crusade
1147-49, headed by King Louis VII who was enlisted by Bernard of Clairvaux, was a disastrous failure, including the loss of one of the four Latin Kingdoms, the Duchy of Edessa -
May 29, 1176
The battle of Legnano
In September 1174, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa began his fifth major campaign in Italy. Crossing the Alps, Frederick sought to destroy the Lombard League and firmly establish imperial control over Italy. Capturing Susa, he had the town burned before moving on to Asti. After a brief 7-day siege, the city capitulated. By late October, Frederick had reached Alessandria. Founded by refugees who had fled Milan during Frederick's 1164 campaign, the town held special significance for both -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna carta
The Magna Carta was eventually sent out to all of the towns and provinces of England so that all free men could see their basic legal rights. Among the rights granted by the document are a trial by jury, a punishment fitting and not excessive to the crime, and no taxation without representation. -
Nov 19, 1295
Parliament is formed in england
The real driving force behind this development was parliament's role in granting taxation to the king. Henry III was the first monarch to ask his subjects for taxation on a regular basis, because the income from crown lands was no longer sufficient on its own to fund the king's military expenditure. -
Period: Nov 19, 1337 to Nov 18, 1453
Hundred years war
The Hundred Years War was a series of wars between England and France. The background of the Hundred Years War went as far back as to the reign of William the Conqueror. When William the Conqueror became king in 1066 after his victory at the Battle of Hastings, he united England with Normandy in France. William ruled both as his own. -
Period: Nov 19, 1340 to Nov 18, 1400
Bubonic Plague
In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly. Plague causes fever and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes, which is how it gets its name. The disease also causes spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. -
Nov 19, 1414
Great Schism
In the year 1378, the Roman Catholic Church split when the King of France decided that he did not like the Italian Pope and elected one of his own. The Great Schism, as it has been called, lasted for about 68 years, during which time there were two popes claiming authority over the Catholic Church. -
Jul 17, 1421
Joan of Arc
a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born the third of five children to a farmer -
Vernicular
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Crowning of Charemagne by the pope
Before Charlemagne was crowned Emperor, there was a considerable amount of tension between the pope and Constantinople. Relations between them had been strained since the time of Justinian. In 753 AD pope Stephen III allied with Pepin the Short, the Frankish king, which insured the success of the Franks. This alliance with the Franks was important for the papacy. During the 8th century they were being threatened by Byzantine's rivals, the Lombards. Through military campaigns, the Lombard kings t -
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Reign of Charlemagne
