middle ages in europe

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  • 527

    justinian becomes eastern roman emporor

    Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law, and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths
  • Sep 28, 1106

    Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Devizes castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.

    This victory made a later struggle between England and the rising Capetian power in France inevitable.
  • Aug 24, 1109

    In the Battle of Hundsfeld, Boleslaus III Wrymouth defeats Emperor Henry V.

    German expansion to the east is stopped
  • Dec 25, 1121

    St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows marking the beginning of the Premonstratensian Order.

    This order played a significant role in evangelizing the Slavs, the Wends, to the east of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Sep 23, 1122

    The Concordat of Worms was drawn up between Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II.

    This concordat ended the investiture struggle, but bitter rivalry between emperor and pope remained.
  • Jul 29, 1126

    t the Battle of Legnano, the cavalry of Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the infantry of the Lombard League.

    This is the first major defeat of cavalry by infantry, signaling the new role of the bourgeosie.
  • Sep 25, 1130

    Roger II is crowned King of Sicily, a royal title given him by the Antipope Anacletus II.

    This coronation marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Sicily and its Mediterranean empire under the Norman kings, which was able to take on the Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy, and the Byzantine Empire.
  • Apr 8, 1139

    The Second Lateran Council declared clerical marriages invalid, regulated clerical dress, and punished attacks on clerics by excommunication.

    Enforces the major reforms that Gregory VII began to heavily campaign for several decades earlier.
  • Nov 8, 1184

    Pope Lucius III issues the papal bull Ad Abolendam.

    This bull set up the organization of the medieval inquisitions.
  • Jan 27, 1186

    The future emperor Henry VI marries Constance of Sicily, heiress to the Sicilian throne.

    This marriage shifts the focus of the Guelphs/Ghibelline struggle to Sicily and marks the ruin of the House of Hohenstaufen.
  • Jul 6, 1189

    Richard I ascends the throne of England.

    His heavy taxation to finance his European ventures created an antipathy of barons and people toward the crown, but his being absent enabled the English to advance in their political development.
  • Jun 15, 1215

    The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.

    This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power
  • Jul 27, 1299

    The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.

    Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire, lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
  • The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France, with the backing of the Pope.
    Oct 13, 1307

    The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France, with the backing of the Pope.

    Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.

  • Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

    With his crowning, Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.