Timeline 3

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  • 496

    Clovis

    Clovis
    Important People: Converted to Roman Catholicism, allied with the Papacy (His successors were unable to retain his holdings)
  • Period: 496 to 814

    Frankish Consolidation of Power

  • Period: 500 to 1400

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  • 527

    Justinian Takes the Throne

    Justinian Takes the Throne
    Important People: Reconquered lands in the Western Mediterranean, neglected defenses on Balkan and Near East Borders, compiled Corpus Juris Civile
  • 590

    Gregory I (The Great)

    Gregory I (The Great)
    Important People/Religion: Instituted Papal primacy over all other bishops, sent Benedictine monks to convert the Anglo-Saxons, allied the Papacy to the Franks
  • 610

    Muhammad Appears

    Muhammad Appears
    Important People/Religion: Originally a merchant, when he was around forty he believed he was visited by the angel Gabriel, and that he was chosen to be a prophet
  • 630

    Mecca Surrenders

    Mecca Surrenders
    Religion: Mecca surrenders and accepts Islam
  • 630

    Christians in Islamic Countries

    Religion: As Islam began to gain influence in the Near East, Christians and Jews started to lose rights and were demoted to second class citizens in Muslim-majority areas
  • 715

    Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer)

    Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer)
    Important People: Mayor of the Palace, brought Frankish lands under his control, father of Pepin who was crowned King of the Franks
  • 800

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    Important People: Grandson of Charles Martel, introduced a system of administration, crowned Emperor of the Romans signaling the continuation of the Roman Empire
  • 1050

    First Crusade

    First Crusade
    Religion/Conflict: Drove the Muslims from Western Europe, reclaimed Jerusalem, appeal from Byzantine Emperor for assistance against the Seljuk Turks, possible reconciliation between East and West
  • 1073

    Gregorian Reform

    Gregorian Reform
    Religion: Gregory VII, Popes selected by Council of Cardinals, non-clergy not allowed to participate in clerical powers, pope above emperors, kings, and nobles, celibacy of the clergy
  • Period: 1073 to 1216

    Rise of the Papacy

  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

  • 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    Religion/Conflict: Sack of Constantinople, beginning of a deep mistrust between East and West, Latin empire inserted itself in East
  • 1225

    Saint Thomas Aquinas

    Saint Thomas Aquinas
    Important People/Religion: Father of Scholasticism, attempted to reconcile reason and faith, if reason cannot prove something there is an error in understanding not that logic is useless
  • 1250

    Heresy and Inquisitions

    Heresy and Inquisitions
    Religion/Conflict: Those who believed things not approved by the Church were considered heretics, heretics were thought to be a danger to all, a sacred duty to eradicate heresy, formed inquisitions to hunt and condemn heretics (Dominicans and Franciscans)
  • 1290

    Jews

    Jews
    Religion: Jews considered to be heathens, evil, and were unfairly taxed, expelled from countries, and massacred on many occasions
  • Period: 1303 to 1415

    Decline of the Papacy

  • 1320

    John Wycliffe

    John Wycliffe
    Religion/Important People: Stressed personal relationship with God, sacraments not necessary for salvation, denied transubstantiation, followers were known as Lollards
  • 1369

    Jan Hus

    Jan Hus
    Agreed with Wycliffe, advocated vernacular translations of the Bible, was arrested and executed by the Church