Middle ages

Timeline of Middle Ages

  • Fall of Rome
    446

    Fall of Rome

    The Fall of Rome left nothing behind. It all was started with the Black Death and declined form there. Rome's political,social, and economical status never would rebuild itself and left Rome in ruins.
  • Period: 446 to Aug 1, 1453

    Timeline of Middle Ages

  • Vikings
    Aug 1, 701

    Vikings

    Vikings were fierce, unsophisticated, scavenging, warriors that killed, stole, and left none for their enemies
  • Charlemagne
    Aug 1, 742

    Charlemagne

    Name meaning Charles the Great, was king of Franks. He was crowned Emperor of Rome in 800 and introduced many to Christianity. He is who made it possible for the spread of Chirsitanaity and what is now and instilled religion in many lives.
  • Chivalry
    Aug 1, 1011

    Chivalry

    Chivalry stated men into knighthood. It is most commonly described as of the king or emperor tapping both shoulders of a knight with the blade tip of a sword.
  • William the Conqeuror
    Aug 1, 1027

    William the Conqeuror

    William the Conqueror was most famous known for fuedalism. He was a French Noble who annexed England and brought fuedalism to England.
  • Great Schism
    Aug 1, 1054

    Great Schism

    A split between churches of Christianity in 1054. They were seperated into a western half and easter half. The Roman Catholic Chruch became the western half, while Eastern Orthodox chruch became the eastern half.
  • 1st Crusade
    Aug 1, 1096

    1st Crusade

    A group of peasants set to fight for God and the Holy Land. They were always eager to fight non-Christians. They murdered mostly Jews for because of their religion. They eventually fell to the Seljuk Turks.
  • 2nd Crusade
    Aug 1, 1147

    2nd Crusade

    Europe plotted together a second crusade followed by the first, that invaded and took Edessa, capital of crusader states. The second crusade were complete failrues and were unsuccessful.
  • Innocent III
    Aug 1, 1160

    Innocent III

    Was the most powerful person at his time being Pope. In 1208 he issued a crusade to fight a group of heretics that did not belive in dualism. Innocent III spent many years trying to get rid of heretics in France.
  • Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris
    Aug 1, 1163

    Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

    Cathedral of Notre Dame is one of the most improtant legacies of the Middle Ages and Christianity. It was oftened view as a symbol of God's Glory for its beautifulness and unique structures.
  • Magna Carta
    Aug 1, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Was a document that made England's ruler, King John subject to law and gave nobles limited rights.
  • Thomas Aquinas
    Aug 1, 1225

    Thomas Aquinas

    THomas Aquinas was thought to be one of the most greatest thinkers in the Middle Ages. He seached for many of the answers of questions that people had thought of about theology and philosophy.
  • Hundreds Years' War
    Aug 1, 1337

    Hundreds Years' War

    Conflict over French throne control between France and England.
  • Black Death
    Aug 1, 1347

    Black Death

    Also called the Bubonic Plague, it spread from China through infected flies that were embedded in rats' hair. It killed two- thirds of the population of Rome and sent Rome on a rapid decline from there to the Fall of Rome.
  • Joan of Arc
    Aug 1, 1412

    Joan of Arc

    A female native of France, who led the French Army to battle at Orleans and defeated the English.She won several more battles and was later executed by the English.
  • War of Roses
    Aug 1, 1455

    War of Roses

    Series of cicil wars between two throne families, the Yorks and the Lancasters. Fighting broke out between these families over there family symbol, a rose. The Yorks were successful at battle and led to the death of King Edward.
  • Justinian & Byzantine Empire

    Justinian & Byzantine Empire

    Justinian is most corageous for Justinian's Law in which he created to make peace, organization, and control in Byzantine.
  • Fuedalism

    Fuedalism

    Also known as the caste system, was a system of ranking and levels of medieval times.