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Invasions by Barbarian tribes. The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. -
Charlemagne (c. 742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814 -
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!” -
What is the Magna Carta? The Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede. -
Great Famine, also called Irish Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, or Famine of 1845–49, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years.
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The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. ... People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise:
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The Great Schism split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. ... This split is known as the Great Schism, or sometimes the “East-West Schism” or the “Schism of 1054.”