The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe

  • Fall of the western Roman empire
    476

    Fall of the western Roman empire

  • Period: 480 to 547

    Life of St. Benedict of Nursia

  • Period: 481 to 511

    Reign of Clovis

  • Period: 482 to 543

    Life of St. Scholastica

  • Period: 590 to 604

    Reign of Pope Gregory I

  • Period: 751 to 843

    Carolingian Kingdom

  • Period: 768 to 814

    Reign of Charlemagne

  • Coronation of Charlemagne as emperor
    800

    Coronation of Charlemagne as emperor

  • Period: 814 to 840

    Reign of Louis the Pious

  • Dissolution of the Carolingian empire
    843

    Dissolution of the Carolingian empire

  • Period: 871 to 899

    Reign of King Alfred

  • Period: 936 to 973

    Reign of King Otto I of Saxony

  • Battle of Lechfeld
    955

    Battle of Lechfeld

  • Coronation of Otto I
    962

    Coronation of Otto I