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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1300
the middle ages
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Jan 1, 1000
Craftspeople organized into guilds
Guilds came to play a leading role in the economic life in the cities. -
Jan 1, 1073
Gregory VII is elected pope
Gregory was convinced that he had been chosen by God to reform the Church. -
Jan 1, 1098
Cistercian order is formed
The Cistercians were strict. They ate a simple diet, and each had only a single robe. -
Jan 1, 1100
The song of Roland is written
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Jan 1, 1140
Classical works are rediscovered by European scholars
The cheif task of scholasticism was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of the greek Philosophers. -
Jan 1, 1150
Architects begin to build in gothic style
A new style called gothic appeared in the twelfth century and was brought to perfectio in the thirteenth. -
Jan 1, 1200
Europeans population increases
The number of people almost doubled between 1000 and 1300 from 38 million to 74 million people. -
Jan 1, 1216
Dominic de Guzman founds the Dominicans
Dominic wanted to defend church teachings from hershey the denial of basic church docterines -
Apr 24, 1233
The Inquisition is created to battle Hersy
The churches desire to have a method of discoverig and dealing with heretics led to the creation of a court called the Inquisition, or Holy Office. -
Serfdom grows in western Europe
The serfs paid rents by giving the lords a share of every product they raised.