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The Middle ages began.
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The Arabs attack Constantinople but after a few years they failed.
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The Irish Monks Established eary Medieval art. The greatest surviving product of these monks is the "Book of Kells" , a Gospel book of decorative art.
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The Cluniac monastic reform sparks interest in the reform of the clerical hierachy.
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The reforming popes, following from the acts of Henry 111, issue a decree on papal elections which gives the cardinals sole right of appointing new popes
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An infection from fleas
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With the introduction of Oil paiting into Western Europe, the earliest naturalistic painting is created.
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The death Penalty becomes the punishment for heresy, and many lollards, wyclifs lay followers convert.
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The Medici banking family dominates the government of Florence
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Otto the Great is crowned King in germany and is responsible for Germanys Strength through the latter part of the eleventh century. Otto establishes a pattern of resistance to political fragmentation and a close alliance with the Church