High Middle Ages.

Papacy.

100

As papal powers and secular powers became more closely linked, problems arose between church and state. church and state claimed sovereign powers even if it had nothing to do with them. especially in legal matters. The outcome was usually determined by the stronger leader, either pope or the king.

First Ever King.

768

a Man named Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor. The name Charlemagne comes from Karolus Magnus also known as Charles the Great. He became King of the Franks in 768, and for the next 46 years would build the Carolingian Empire, and then became the first Emperor in Western Europe in about three centuries.

Chivalry

900

Another medieval institution was the chivalric code, the code of a knight. The role of a knight grew from the early relationship between the knight and his lord. In this early period. Trained in hunting and fighting, he pledged his allegiance to his lord in exchange for land.

France.

987

As the Carolingian Empire declined and the rulers weakened, a split occurred in the region of France between two factions. One faction supported Charles the Simple; the other supported the Count of Paris. This second faction eventually won out and a new family of Capetian kings ruled the kingdom of France. The Capetian kings ruled France for over three hundred years timespan. 987-1328.

Religion.

1000

the Middle Ages was a catholic society. the Crusades and monastic reforms, people sought to participate in new forms of religious life. New monastic orders were founded, including the Carthusians and the Cistercians.

The setting.

1000

The first system was a system of government, also called feudalism. The second system, an economic and social system, was known as manorialism. A third system, the chivalric system, involved the knights and became a way of life for most nobles.

The medieval town and trade.

1000

Medieval towns began to appear in the tenth century. These early towns were either crossroads for traveling merchants, or strategic military points, and little more. The most significant change was the rise of the middle class and the growth of international trade.

The Crusades.

1096

In the timespan 1096- 1291, eight Catholic Crusades were launched to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land. The Crusades were military failures. They did, stimulate the growth of trade in Europe, which lead to growth in military systems. They also led to advances in armor and weaponry
They were costly and many nobles were forced to sell their lands. This led eventually to a decline in the feudal system because the sale of the lands lessened the power of the lords.

Education.

1200

The monastic schools of England and Ireland, and the palace schools established by Charlemagne, as well as the attempts made by Charlemagne and Alfred to establish sound education all laid the foundations for the development of education in Europe.

Biggest war in Middle Ages.

1337

The Hundred Years' War was the largest war in the middle ages. has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the war between kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453.