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899 BCE
England after Alfred
The Frankish kingdom remained strong after Alfred's death in 899 (ignitia.com ediotrs). Alfred's son and grandson Edward and Athelstan were powerful leaders who kept the kingdom intact and renewed the war with the Danes so that they could bring all England under one kingdom. This was accomplished by 954 when Eric Bloodaxe the last Viking king of York was killed. The king of Wessex then ruled all of England. -
Period: 871 BCE to 899 BCE
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great was the Saxon king of Wessex from 871 to 899 (ignitia.com ediors). He struggled against the Danish invaders and defeated them in 878. He also arranged the Danelaw which restricted the Danes to lands north of the Thames River and left of southern England, including London under Alfred's control. Alfred also insisted that the Danes accept Christianity. -
Period: 701 BCE to 800 BCE
Manorialism
Feudalism was a social and economic system known as manorialism (ignitia.com ediotrs). Like feudalism manorialism differed greatly from one area to the next but a description of the overall structure can be given. Manorialism imposed a structure on the lower classes, the peasants that defined their relationship to the nobility in the person of the lord of the manor. The peasants could live and work on the manor land for a price. -
Period: 440 BCE to 1066
Alfred and Anglo-Saxon culture
Alfred the Great is the founder of the English kingdom and the European ruler after Charlemagne (ignita.com editors). Alfred established the first strong English kingdom and held the invaders at bay. His concern that of Charlemagne was to further learning. Alfred was a scholar and he sought out scholars who would help to revive the quality of learning that had existed in the early monastic communities. Like Charlemagne he was concerned for the education of the clergy. -
401 BCE
Feudalism
With the fall of the Carolingian Empire, a new system of government emerged in the Frankish kingdoms (ignitia.com ediotrs). The lack of strong leadership from the kings led to local governments centered around the nobles. This system of local government became known as feudalism. The feudal system differed from one region to another, but the concept was the same. When Clovis and later Charlemagne granted large parcels of land to their nobles, the basis for a feudal society had been laid. -
Period: 340 BCE to 397 BCE
Church fathers
Some of the early Christian theologians and writers (called the Church Fathers) lived in a time while the empire became falling and invasions have been rampant (ignitia.com editors). Four of the guys are from time to time known as the "doctors" of the Church. These four where Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great. Ambrose became a Roman who became elected Bishop of Milan. He became a statesman and writer. -
325 BCE
Arian Christians
A trouble arose some of the Arian and Roman Christians at some stage in this period (ignitia.com editors). An Arian missionary named Ulfila and his fans converted several Germanic tribes. Ulfila carefully developed a written Gothic alphabet to translate the Bible into the Gothic language. Arian and Roman Christian differences where the source of bitter conflict through the centuries. Leaders like Clovis used this diffrence as an excuse to attack heretical tribes. -
Period: 871 to 899
Alfred's government
Alfred's government, many of the early Germanic governments was based on the ancient Germanic structure (ignitia.com editors). Alfred had his Witan which consisted of nobles or earls and thegns. He also had a strong alliance with the church. -
Period: 1101 to 1200
Chivalry
Chivalric code was the code of a knight (ignitia.com editors). The role of a knight grew from the early feudalistic relationship between the knight and his lord. In this early period, a knight was a vassal, trained in hunting and fighting who pledged his allegiance to his lord in exchange for land. The early dubbing of a knight was a part of the feudal investiture. -
1536
Monasteries
In the sixth century, Benedict a hermit with numerous followers based a monastery in Italy at Monte Cassino (ignitia.com ediotrs). His Benedictine rule based on paintings and prayer became observed by clergymen who took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. This rule has became the idea for European monasteries. Benedictine monasteries unfold throughout Europe. They served as hospitals, farms or facilities of mastering that preserved the Greek, Roman and Christian classics.