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The fall of the Roman Empire of the West (in the year 476, in which the last Roman emperor of the West, Romulus Augustus, is deposed by the heels of King Odoacro in the city of Rome).
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a historical period that extends from the 5th century to the 15th century. Ten centuries of history that begins with the fall of the Roman Empire of the West, in the year 476 A.D. and that ends at the end of the 15th century, in 1492, with the discovery of the Continent
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Islam emerged on the Arabian peninsula in the seventh century of the Christian era with the appearance of the Prophet Muhammad. A century after his death, Islam extended from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to Central Asia in the east.
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The Church in the Middle Ages was a very powerful institution since it was a deeply religious time. Therefore, the Catholic Church had a great influence on society and, although there were other creeds, in the eleventh century Europe was largely Christian.
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Feudalism was a form of social and political organization based on the relations of vassalage between the vassals and the feudal lords. Feudalism has its origins in the decline of the Roman Empire, and dominated in Europe during the Middle Ages
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Medieval castle was a very large building, made of stone, fortified and surrounded by walls, moats and other works, which served to defend against enemy attacks. ... Wars were a common occurrence in the Middle Ages, so the feudal lords built castles for defense.
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Romanesque art was the first clearly Christian and European style that grouped together the different options that had been used in the early Middle Ages (Roman, Pre-Romanesque, Byzantine, Germanic and Arabic) and managed to formulate a specific and coherent language applied to all artistic manifestation.
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City and population in the Middle Ages. The medieval period is a time of population growth, especially after the decline in birth rates that had been observed during the lower Roman Empire.
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The term Gothic style or art refers to the style of architecture that occurred in Europe during the late Middle Ages, sculpture and minor arts that linked medieval Romanesque art with the early Renaissance. ... All this created an evocative humanistic atmosphere quite different from the Romanesque era.
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The black plague, bubonic plague or black death was a plague pandemic that ravaged Europe during the fourteenth century and was transmitted by fleas carried by rodents (rats, gerbilinos, squirrels).
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Columbus's expedition arrived on October 12, 1492 to the West Indies. On December 5, 1492 Columbus arrived on the island of Hispaniola, currently divided into two countries, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and there was the first European colony in the new world.
