Holy Roman Empire

By TheIdiotMuser
  • Period: 450 to Jan 16, 751

    Merovingian Dynasty

  • Period: 500 to Jan 15, 1500

    Middle Ages of the Holy Roman Empire

  • Clovis, the First Christian King, Dies
    511

    Clovis, the First Christian King, Dies

    Clovis was the first Christian King, and by the time of his death, he spanned the Frankish Empire over what is now France.
  • Benedict Creates the Rules for Monasteries, and Scholastica Creates the Rules for Nuns
    520

    Benedict Creates the Rules for Monasteries, and Scholastica Creates the Rules for Nuns

    This time period was when the rules were created for monks and nuns. The Monks and Nuns agreed to live a simple Christian Lifestyle. They lived in Monasteries and Convents, and they lived in self denial, alone, and gave themselves strict suffering. The Rule was known as Benedictine Rule.
    The leader of the community was called an Abbot/Abbess, and the usual tasks were labor.
  • Jan 15, 700

    Major Domo is the most powerful person in the kingdom

    At this time period, the major domo is the ruler of all.
  • Period: Jan 17, 700 to

    Time Period in which Saddles and Stirrups were invented.

    This time period was when the Saddle and Stirrup Changed the way warriors faught in the middle ages.
  • Jan 16, 711

    Feudalism is Invented

    This is a time period of when there was a lot of landlording and manors.
  • The Battle of Tours is won by Charles the Hammer
    Jan 16, 732

    The Battle of Tours is won by Charles the Hammer

    When the Spanish Muslims invade, Charles the Hammer defeated them and sent them back to Spain.
    This was a significant battle, for if they lost, Europe would have been a part of the Muslim Empire.
  • Period: Jan 16, 751 to

    The Carolingian Dynasty

  • Period: Jan 16, 771 to

    Charlemagne's Rule of The Empire

  • Latin Becomes a Dead Language

    At this time period, other languages begin to evolve from Latin, giving Latin no use anymore.
  • Gregory I (AKA Gregory the Great) Becomes Pope

    Gregory I (AKA Gregory the Great) Becomes Pope

    Gregory the Great became the pope, and he broadened the papal role beyond spiritual. Under his rule the papacy also became a secular, or concerned about worldly matters.
    A central theme of the Middle Ages is being ruled by the Pope.
  • Charles the Hammer Becomes More Powerful than the King

    Charles the Hammer Becomes More Powerful than the King

    Charles the Hammer extended the Frankish Kingdom to the North, East and the South.

  • Pepin the Short Dies

    Pepin the Short ruled for a long time, and when he died, his son Charlemagne became the greatest king of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Charlemagne Dies

    The greatest king of the empire died, and a year before he gave his crown to his son Louis the Pious.

  • Charlemagne Makes Louis the Pious the King of the Empire

    A year before death, Charlemagne makes his son the king. While being a devout Christian, Louis the Pious was a bit of a lousy ruler.
  • Period: to Jan 16, 1000

    Invasions of the Carolingian Dynasty by the Vikings, Magyars and Muslims.

    This was when Charlemagne sent the Muslims out of the Holy Roman Empire.