Justin Mandell: Unit Two

  • Loss of Language
    500

    Loss of Language

    As people lost their understanding of Greek they also lost literature, science, and philospy.
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Uniting of the Franks
    511

    Uniting of the Franks

    The Franks were united into one kindom modern day France.
  • Vikings
    Jan 1, 700

    Vikings

    From scandinavia a Germanic People, worshipped warlike gods,know for their ability to sail, trade, and raid.
  • Charles the Hammer
    Jan 1, 737

    Charles the Hammer

    extended the Frankish kingdom, and stopped the Muslims invasion into Spain
  • Period: Jan 1, 742 to

    Reign of Charlemagne

  • Period: Jan 1, 751 to

    Carolingian Dynasty

  • Pepin the Short
    Jan 1, 752

    Pepin the Short

    Son of Charles the Hammer, he fought the Lombards who were invading Italy and threatning Rome
  • Battle of Hastings
    Nov 1, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    This battle earned the title of "the battle that changed history"
  • Banning of lay investiture
    Jan 1, 1078

    Banning of lay investiture

    most important conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe.
  • The beginning of the crusades
    Jan 1, 1095

    The beginning of the crusades

    Pope Urban the second called for a crusade
  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270

    Crusades

    www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-crusades.htm, The Crusades were great military expeditions undertaken by the Christian nations
  • Battle of Legnano
    Jan 1, 1176

    Battle of Legnano

    Fought between the forces of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Magna Carta
    Jan 1, 1215

    Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta is a document that King John of England was forced into signing
  • Problems with Germany
    Jan 1, 1215

    Problems with Germany

    Fredrick the second has promised to lead the crusade
  • Parliament is formed in England
    Jan 1, 1295

    Parliament is formed in England

    The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England
  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years' War

    A series of Wars between England and France, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/hundred_years_war.htm
  • Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Jan 1, 1400

    Bubonic Plague- Black Death

    Begins in Asia and spreads to Europe through trade routes (especially rats),http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
  • The language of vernacular
    Jan 1, 1400

    The language of vernacular

    used for the writen word, it came too the end of the middle ages
  • Great Schism
    Jan 1, 1414

    Great Schism

    There were 3 popes at the time but did not favor Martin V.
  • Joan of Arc Marches to Orleans
    Jan 1, 1429

    Joan of Arc Marches to Orleans

    She was 18 years old mounted on a fine war horse holding a sword and wereing heavily armor
  • Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope

    Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope

    It joined Germanic power with the church and the heritage of Rome
  • Monasteries and Monks

    Monasteries and Monks

    They were important of education, they keep the learning and education alive during the Middle ages.
  • Gregory the Great/ Pope Gregory 1st

    Gregory the Great/ Pope Gregory 1st

    He became the head of the Catholic Church, he brought the church into politics.