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Reign of Charlemagne
Another of Charlemagne's great works was the institution of schools. When he came to the throne there was hardly a school throughout the length and breadth of his kingdom. -
312
Banning Of Lay Investiture
Pope Gregory VII condemned lay investiture in 1078 as an unjustified assertion of secular authority over the church. ChaCha. We decree of March 7th, 1080, forbidding the same. -
511
Uniting Of The Franks
Unfortunately, the Frankish kings shared the other Germanic tribes' concept of the state as the king's property and, as a result, split the kingdom between their sons.new officials, called mayors of the palace, emerged to rebuild the Frankish state. -
Apr 19, 1019
Seconed Crusades
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East. In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem - the most holy of holy places for Christians. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
William, the Duke of Normandy, was the cousin of Edward, the King of England. When Edward died without children in 1066, the throne was given to Harold Godwinson, an English earl. -
Period: Oct 14, 1066 to Oct 16, 1066
Battle of Hastings
William, the Duke of Normandy, was the cousin of Edward, the King of England. When Edward died without children in 1066, the throne was given to Harold Godwinson, an English earl. -
Mar 14, 1095
Frist Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by Pope Urban II and the Catholic Church, with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem. -
Period: Nov 19, 1096 to Nov 19, 1270
Crusades
There were seven Crusades, with the first beginning in 1095 and the last ending in 1291. The First Crusade was the most successful from a military point of view. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. -
Jan 2, 1295
Parliament Is formed In england
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories. It is located in Westminster, London. -
Period: Nov 19, 1337 to Nov 19, 1453
Hunderd Year War
The Hundred Years' War was fought between France and England during the late Middle Ages. It lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453. -
Period: Oct 11, 1340 to Dec 21, 1400
Bubonic Plague
Plague is a bacterial infection found mainly in rodents and their fleas. But via those fleas it can sometimes leap to humans. -
Jan 6, 1412
Joan Of Arc
Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc) was important to the history of France because she was a tremendous help in the Hundred Years War. Joan of Arc was born a peasant girl in Domremy, France on January 6, 1412. She worked on a farm with her family. -
Aug 10, 1414
Great Schism
The Great Schism of 1054 was the split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches. In 1054, relations between the Greek speaking Eastern of the Byzantine empire and the Latin speaking Western traditions within the Christian Church reached a terminal crisis. -
Vernacular
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 under the Governor Generalship and Viceroyalty of Lord Lytton, for better control of Indian language newspapers. -
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Crowning Of Charlemagne By The Pope
Charlemagne accompanies his father during his military efforts to conquer the lands south the Loire River, or Aquitaine as they are more commonly known.
Pepin the Short dies and his kingdom is divided up between Charles and his brother Carloman. -
Battle Of Legnano
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa was excommunicated for his support of a series of antipopes against Pope Alexander III. In 1167, the communes of Lombardy in northern Italy formed an alliance to resist Frederick. -
Middle Age
The Middle Ages was the roughly 1,000-year span between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance in Europe. Although the era of the Middle Ages is often portrayed as intellectually and artistically stagnant, this was not entirely the case. -
Middle age (500-1500)
Between 536 and 551 AD tree ring growth was very low throughout Europe and many other parts of the world, including North America, -
Carolingian Dynasty
Frankish dynasty founded by the palace mayor Pepin of Herstal (d.714), named for his successor Charles Martel. Pepin III overthrew the Merovingian dynasty and became king of the Franks in 751. -
Carolingian Dynasty (752-987)
The Carolingian dynasty was the second Frankish dynasty. At its height, the Carolingian Empire extended over a huge area that included Gaul, West Germany, the Alpine massif, and North Italy. -
Reign Of Charemagne
Charles the Great, or Charlemagne as he is usually called, succeeded his father Pepin. He was a great statesman and a great conqueror, one of his first conquests being that of the Lombards.
