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The Vandal king Genseric had become so powerful by 455 that his son, Huneric, was set to marry a Roman princess named Eudocia. When the now grown-up Valentinian III was murdered in that year, and Eudocia was pledged to another man, the enraged Genseric moved his force toward Rome.
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"First race" of the kings of France. A key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe.
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Benedict of Nursia is a Catholic saint venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old Catholic Churches.
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An English Benedictine monk at the monastery of St. Peter and its companion monastery of St. Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles.
St. Bede significant for his “Ecclesiastical History of the English People”, which is important to the history of the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. -
The Battle of Tours stopped the northward advance of Islam from the Iberian peninsula.
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A Persian polymath who produced vastly influential works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
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An event during the Saxon Wars where the Frankish king Charlemagne ordered the death of 4,500 Saxons, the inspiration was the Bible.
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Their purpose was to act as inspectors general, investigating the behavior of royal officials and reporting back to the court.
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They had come to kill the monks and steal the monastery's treasure. Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was one of the first landing sites of the Vikings.
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Charlemagne died of sickness at 72. In 813, Charlemagne crowned his son Louis the Pious (778-840), king of Aquitaine, as co-emperor.
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King Alfred of England was king of the West Saxons from 871 to c. 886 and king of the Anglo-Saxons from c. 886 to 899. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy.
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Abū Bakr Muhammad Zakariyyā Rāzī, was a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine.
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The Battle of Hastings was the war fought between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson because King Edward died leaving the English throne without a heir.
The Battle of Hastings was important for the history of England because the Anglo-Saxons had ruled the land for over 600 years since the Roman times. Since the Normans had taken over, there were going to be big changes. -
Domesday Book is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror. The survey's main purpose was to determine what taxes had been owed during the reign of King Edward the Confessor.
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An Arab physician, surgeon, and poet.
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Sundiata Keita was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. He laid the foundation for a powerful and wealthy African empire and proclaimed the first charter of human rights, the Manden Charter.
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A royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England. Magna Carta, is one of the most important documents in history as it established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial.
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The founder and first great Khan of Mongol Empire. Best known for unifying the Mongolian steppe under a massive empire that was able to challenge the powerful Jin dynasty in China and capture territory as far west as the Caspian Sea.
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A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
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A French physician and surgeon who wrote a lengthy and influential treatise on surgery, Chirurgia Magna.
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His elaborate pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and in Europe.
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Jani Beg commanded a massive Crimean Tatar force that attacked the Crimean port city of Kaffa in 1343.
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An English poet and author, he made the decision to write in English and not French. In the centuries following the Norman invasion, French was the language spoken by those in power.
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Poet and author at the court of King Charles VI of France and several French dukes. Christine de Pisan was a medieval writer and historiographer who advocated for women's equality.
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A national heroine of France.
