middle ages

By c_prado
  • Period: 500 to Nov 12, 1500

    middle ages

  • 527

    Justinian empire

    Reign of Justinian in eatern Roman empire, he reconquers west, issues new code of Roman law and builds Santa Sophia Church in Constantinople.
  • Nov 12, 1060

    willaim the conqueror

    willaim the conqueror
    After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands and by difficulties with his eldest son.
  • Nov 12, 1066

    The chilvary

    Knights Code of Chivalry was part of the culture of the Middle Ages and was understood by all. A Code of Chivalry was documented in 'The Song of Roland' in the Middle Ages Knights period of William the Conqueror who ruled England from 1066
  • Nov 12, 1096

    The crusade

    The crusade
    Travel to the holy land was very difficult. The Crusaders were not successful in permanently capturing the territory, but they spent almost 200 years trying.
  • Jun 15, 1215

    MAGNA CARTA

    MAGNA CARTA
    On June 15, 1215, the Magna Carta signed reluctantly by King John. Guaranteed certain basic political rights.
    1. No taxation without representation
    2. Jury trail
    3. Protection of the law
  • Nov 12, 1290

    Ice Ages

    Ice Ages
    The cooling trend associated with the Little Ice Age progressively moved from north-west to south-east across Europe, with the Vikings in the far North experiencing the clooing first, British Isles experiencing the effects from the 1290s and the Mediterranean after 1320.
  • Nov 12, 1300

    The Great Schism

    The Great Schism
    In 1300, King Phillip IV went against the power of Pope boniface and created his own pope in the French city of A vignon.
  • Nov 12, 1349

    The Black Death

    The Black Death
    was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. The plague then travelled along the Silk Road and reached the Crimea by 1346. From there, it was probably carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships.

  • Alfred the Great

    Conquered the Danish and re-established Anglo-Saxon law
    Part of England was his kingdom  his learned ways spread throughout the islan

  • Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    Charlemagne succeeded his father, he extended his kingdom to include not only all of present-day France but much of Germany and parts of Italy, Bavaria and Spain. The lands became known as the Holy Roman Empire, and Charlemagne was crowned emperor.
    Charlemagne was well educated in both Latin and Greek and showed great interest in the preservation and spread of knowledge; he considered himself guardian of the Christian faith and spread Christianity to the many lands he conquered