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Reign of Justinian in eatern Roman empire, he reconquers west, issues new code of Roman law and builds Santa Sophia Church in Constantinople.
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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.
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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
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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.
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On June 15, 1215, the Magna Carta signed reluctantly by King John. Guaranteed certain basic political rights.
1. No taxation without representation
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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.
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In 1300, King Phillip IV went against the power of Pope boniface and created his own pope in the French city of A vignon.
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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.
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Conquered the Danish and re-established Anglo-Saxon law
Part of England was his kingdom his learned ways spread throughout the islan -
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
