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proclaimed king by his troops, and five days later Orestes was captured and executed in Placentia
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The cause of death for lovis was unidentified.
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Justin ascended the throne of the Byzantine Empire
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Religious reformer who lived in Italy. He died of a fever.
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He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome.
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The youngest of the major world religions. Islam started in Mecca, in modern-day Saudi Arabia, during the time of the prophet Muhammad's life
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This war was a battle between invaders of french and spain. The war resulted in the victory of French leader Charles Martel which restricted the advancement of Muslims in the Western European region.
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Scandinavian seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe.
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Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo. Leading to the restoration of the Roman Empire in the West for the first time since its dissolution in the 5th century.
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A series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims. They had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.
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William led his forces out to battle, which ended in a decisive victory against Harold’s men. Harold was killed by being shot in the eye with an arrow, and his forces were destroyed
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A research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students.
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Important information: The first Crusade was the first series of religious wars. Western Europes objective was to reclaim the holy land of islam from muslim control.
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French theologian and philosopher best known for his solution of the problem of universals and for his original use of dialectics. He died from a fever while suffering from a skin disorder, possibly mange or scurvy.
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On 19 December 1154 King Henry II was crowned at Westminster Abbey. He could be regarded as one of England's greatest monarchs after inheriting and uniting a ruined and divided kingdom before earning a fearsome reputation as an empire builder on the continent.
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Battle in northern Palestine that marked the defeat and annihilation of the Christian Crusader armies of Guy de Lusignan, king of Jerusalem.
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Religious order that played a major role in eastern Europe. It underwent various changes in organization and residence
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Information: Saladin was a sultan of egypt. He died of typhoid, a bacterium known to infect people throughout the Middle East at the time.
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One of the most authentic and complete works of religious architecture. It was the destination of a pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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A Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. It was started to retake Jerusalem from its current Muslim overlords.
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One of the most powerful and influential figures of the Middle Ages. She died of natural causes
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Was the first crusade to specifically target heretic Christians. A 20-year military campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc.
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A document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede. A meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John.
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At the age of three, he was crowned King of Sicily as a co-ruler with his mother.
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Francis suffered greatly toward the end of his life from trachoma, an eye infection that can lead to blindness. This condition left him with an extreme sensitivity to light and excessive tearing or eye discharge.
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He died in 1227 from injuries sustained in a fall from a horse, but other sources list everything from malaria to an arrow wound in the knee.
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Dante died in Ravenna on 14 September 1321. He died of Quartan Malaria.
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He was burnt at the stake on the Ile des Javiaux in the Seine.
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The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts between England and France lasting 116 years. It began because King Edward III and Philip VI escalated an argument over feudal rights in Gascony to a battle for the french crown.
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A battle that resulted in victory for the English in the first decade of the Hundred Years' War against the French.
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Black death, which was a pandemic, spread across Europe. It killed lots of people.
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Chaucer died of unknown causes on 25 October 1400, although the only evidence for this date comes from the engraving on his tomb which was erected more than 100 years after his death.
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Condemned as a heretic against the doctrines of the Catholic Church, was burned at the stake.
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It was a battle in the Hundred Year war. It was between English and French in which the English won.
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Joan of Arc was a saint. She was sentenced to death for heresy. Her last words were “Jesus” repeating it several times before her death.
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The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne. In the end Henry Tudor won.
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Henry the Navigator died of natural causes. He died on November 13, 1460 in Sagres, Portugal. The exact cause of his death is unknown.
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Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. More than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.
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Seljuk Turks secured Jerusalem from the Egyptians. Also as well as defeating Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV
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He objected to Henry's move to erode the power of the church. His last words were 'May they all be damned by Jesus Christ! '
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