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Period: 500 to Oct 29, 1500
Middle Ages
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Uniting the Franks
The Frankish leader, Clovis, made a promise to God that if he let him win the war he would bring Christianity to the Kingdom. -
Period: Oct 29, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Nov 27, 751
"Pepin the Short"
Pepin the short was the son of Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer), began the reign of Frankish Rulers - Carolingian Dynasty which lasted from 751-987. -
Nov 20, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hasting occured because William the Duke of Normandy took Harold Godwinsons crowning as declaration of war, he planned to invade England and take the crown. -
Oct 29, 1075
Banning of lay investiture
Lay investiture (a ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials). Whoever controlled lay investiture wielded the real power in naming bishops. In 1075, Pope Gregory VII banned lay investiture. -
Jan 27, 1077
Henry Begs For Forgiveness From the Pope
Henry journeys over the snowy alps to the town Canossa, Italy. He then met Pope Gregory and humbly begged for forgiveness. -
Nov 28, 1093
The First Crusade
The Byzantine Emperor Comnenus sent an appeal to Pope Urban II. The emperor asked for help against the Muslim Turks. Shortly after the appeal, Pope Urban II, issued a call for what he termed a "holy war," a Crusade to gain control of the holy land. -
Period: Nov 20, 1096 to Nov 20, 1270
Crusades
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Nov 28, 1096
The capturing of Jerusalem
In 1096, the first crusade captured Jerusalem. -
Nov 28, 1122
The Concordat of Worms
In the year 1122, representatives of the church and the emperor met in the German city of Worms. There they reached a compromise, known as the Concordat of Worms. By the terms, the Church alone could grant a bishop his ring and staff, symbols of the Church office. However the Emperor had the veto power to prevent the appointment of the bishop. -
Nov 28, 1152
"Barbossa"
The seven German princes who elected the German king realized that Germany needed a strong ruler to keep the peace. They then chose Fredrick I. -
May 29, 1176
Battle of Legnano
Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa had entered his fifth Italian campaign. The Lombard League had troops stationed and attacked Fredrick's army from the rear. Fredrick had been thrown off of his horse and pressumed to be dead. -
Nov 28, 1190
King Fredrick Dies
In the year 1190, King Fredrick, the king of Germany, drowns and dies. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
On June 15, 1215, the nobles forced John to agree to the most celebrated document in English history, which is the Magna Carta. This document, reluctantly signed by King John, guranteed basic political rights. The nobles wanted to safeguard their own feudal rights and limit the king's powers. -
Nov 28, 1295
Parliament Forms in England
In 1295, King Edward needed to raise the taxes needed for a war against the French. Edward summoned two burgesses from every burough and two knights from every county to serve as parliament, or a legislative group. -
Nov 28, 1321
Dante Alighieri Writes "Divine Comedy"
In 1321 the vernacular writer Dante Alighieri Writes "Divine Comedy" in Italian. Vernacular means to write in the language of their homeland. -
Period: Nov 20, 1337 to Nov 20, 1453
Hundred Years' War
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Period: Nov 20, 1340 to Nov 20, 1400
Bubonic Plague - Black Death
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Nov 28, 1414
The Great Schism
There were two popes, and each of them declared the other to be a false pope. The French pope lived in Avignon while the Italian pope lived in Rome. This began the split in the Church known as the Great Schism. -
Nov 28, 1429
Joan of Arc Leads the French Army
Joan of Arc meets with the King and convinces him to go to war with the English. After leading the French to many victories she gave the French the confidence they needed to win. -
Crowning of Charlemagne by the Pope
When Charlemagne was crowned enperor in 800, the church sought to influence both spiritual and political matters. -
Otto I is Crowned King
He was known as the "Otto the Great". And like his boyhood hero Chalemagne, Otto formed a close alliance with the Church. -
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Reign of Charlemagne
