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In 451 the Western Roman Empire began to fall apart. The Franks then rose up in power and started untining the Empire again.
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Charles Martel (The Hammer) fought and stopped the Muslims from invading Poitiers. After that no more great Muslim invasions into the Frankish Empire.
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Pepin the Short was anoited King by the pope in 752. The Pope called him, "King by Grace of God."
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The Battle of Hastings took place with the Norman-French army of William the Conquerers and King Herald II. William won the battle with the death of Herald II.
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Pope Gregory VII banned lay investure (a ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials). The church believed that the bishops shouldn't be under the power of the king, so that's why it was banned.
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CrusadesThe Crusades were holy wars waged by the Church. Battles were mainly fought for the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
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Fredrick I's mounted army fought against merchants who were angered by Fredrick's actions. Then the foot soldiers of the Lombard League made history and defeated Fredrick's army for the first time in history.
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The Magna Carta was a document signed by King John which gave englishmen basic political power. This was the first document forced onto an English King.
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English King William I established Parliament. It included some commoners.
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Hundred Years WarThe Hundred Years War was a war between England and France. France ended up winning the war at the end.
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Bubonic PlagueThe Bubonic Plague was an illness carried by rodents into England. This sickness killed about 1/3 of Europes overall population.
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Charlemagne was crowned in 800 by the pope while he was knelt in prayer on Christmas day. He then ruled the Holy Roman Empire.
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After Pepin the Short died he left his Kingdom to his son, Carloman. The Kingdom was under Carloman's rule for a very short time. Only three years after being the ruler of half of the Kingdom, Carloman dies, leaving the Kingdom of Francia to Charlemagne.
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Starting in 919 and going on for almost four centuries the rulers of the empire were all of Saxon origin. The Saxon rulers at that time tried to perpetuate the kingdom and achievments of the Franks.
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The Germanic tribe called the Saxons were a restless group who would constantly pillage different villages within Charlemagne's kingdom, so Charlemagne fought against them. However, this wasn't his only reason to fight against the Saxons, for he fought also about religious differences. In 804 the Saxons finally convert to Christianity.
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On the 28 of January in the year 814 Charlemagne dies, leaving his kingdom to his son, Louis. Before this, however, Charlemagne had planned on splitting his kingdom between all of his sons, but only Louis was alive to assume the role of Emperor.
