The middle ages

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  • 1027 BCE

    Truce of God

    set in 1027 CE and outlawed all fighting from thurday to monday morning, on important
  • 989 BCE

    Peace of God

    a set of decrees issued in 989 CE that prohibited stealing church property, assaulting clerics, peasants and women with the theat of excommunication from Church.
  • Period: 527 BCE to 565 BCE

    Justinian the Great

    goal to reunite the roman world as a christian Empire and suppressed all paganism
  • 481 BCE

    Merovingian

    Leader in 481 CE was Clovis I- he united Frankish tribes and expanded territory.
  • Period: 400 to 700

    Monasticism and Saints

    Established between 400 -700 communities called monasteries which became centres of education, literacy and learning.
  • Period: 500 to 1000

    Dark Ages

    Scholars named this as a time when the forces of darkness (barbarians) overwhelmed the forces of light (Romans)