Meghan Smith:Unit two

  • Uniting of the Franks
    400

    Uniting of the Franks

    The Franks leader was Clovis, he borught Christianity to his people. 511 Franks were united into one kindom in modern day France.
  • Germans invade Western Roman Empire
    400

    Germans invade Western Roman Empire

    German forces invaded what had been the Western Empire. Germans brought many changes to language, government, and culture.
  • Government
    400

    Government

    Small Germanic kingdoms replace Romean Provinces. Family ties and personal loyalty rather than citizenship and written law became the focus.
  • Period: 500 to Oct 26, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Period: Oct 26, 742 to

    Reign of Charlemagne

  • Period: Oct 26, 751 to

    Carolingian Dynasty

  • Battle of Hastings
    Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    The Battle of Hastings was the Norman Victory in the Norman conquest of England. There, William was crowned Duke of Normandy.
  • Crusades
    Nov 25, 1095

    Crusades

    The crusaders comprised military units of Roman Catholics from all over western Europe, and were not under unified command.
  • Period: Nov 19, 1096 to Nov 19, 1270

    Crusades

    Expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th,12th and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
    http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-crusades.htm
  • Crusades
    Nov 25, 1100

    Crusades

    The term "crusade" is also used to describe religiously motivated campaigns conducted between 1100 and 1600 in territories outside.
  • Batlle of Legnano
    May 29, 1176

    Batlle of Legnano

    The Battle of Legnano was fought on May 29, 1176, between the Holy Roman Empire, led by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and the Lombard League.
  • Magna Carta
    Nov 19, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects. It was translated into vernacular-French.
  • European Invasions
    Oct 29, 1222

    European Invasions

    Magyars from the East didnt settle. Muslims from the South conquered and settled. Vikings from the North raids
  • Parliament if formed in England
    Nov 25, 1295

    Parliament if formed in England

    The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England.
  • Period: Nov 19, 1337 to Nov 19, 1453

    Hundred Years War

    A series of wars between England and France in 1337-1453 http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/hundred-years-war.htm
  • Period: Nov 19, 1340 to Nov 19, 1400

    Bubonic Plague-Black Death

    It was brought by rats and some other things http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
  • Great Schism
    Nov 19, 1414

    Great Schism

    It was a split in the church.
  • Vernacular

    Vernacular

    the everyday language of the people in a country or region, as distinct from official or formal language
  • Banning of lay investiture

    Banning of lay investiture

    The Investiture Controversy was the most significant conflict between Church and state in medieval Europe. In the 11th and 12th centuries, a series of Popes challenged the authority of European monarchies over control of appointments, or investitures, of church officials such as bishops and abbots
  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War. She was burned at the stake for heresy when she was 19 years old.
  • Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope

    Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope

    Before Charlemagne was crowned Emperor, there was a lot of tension between the pope and Constantinople.
  • Downfall of Charlemagnes Empire

    Downfall of Charlemagnes Empire

    Louis left the empire to all three of his sons. They fought and eventually split the land. Without central authority or stong leadership the Empire weakens.
  • Vikings Vs. France

    Vikings Vs. France

    The main people were Rollo who was head of the viking army, also so was Charles the simples was king of France.
  • New languages develop

    New languages develop

    As people lost their common language different dialects of Latin were developed. These eventually developed into 2 languages which werr Spanish and French.