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Period: 461 to Oct 30, 644
Spread Of Roman Catholicism
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Period: 500 to Oct 29, 1500
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages are so called as the middle period between the decline of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. The early Middle Ages are often referred to as the Dark Ages. The Middle Ages are also referred to as the Medieval era. -
511
Uniting of the Franks
Through his skill as a leader and warrior, Clovis united the Frankish tribes under his leadership, defeated the last Roman governor in Gaul. -
Period: Oct 29, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. -
Nov 25, 1000
Vernacular
Between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and about the year 1000, there existed in Europe a kind of “universal Catholic culture” it was sustained by the official and scholarly use of Latin, even in the face of vernacular languages that were developing throughout the territories of the former Empire. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. It took place at Senlac Hill, northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory. -
Oct 29, 1066
Normans Take Control of Englands
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Oct 29, 1075
Banning of Lay Investive
A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials. Whoever controlled lay investitute wielded the real power in naming bishops. -
Nov 25, 1096
The Peoples Crusade
Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusade led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit -
Period: Nov 25, 1096 to Nov 25, 1270
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious expeditionary wars
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Nov 25, 1144
Second Crusade
Crusaders prepared to attack Damascus. 2nd crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France -
May 29, 1176
Battle of Legnano
Between the forces of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and the Lombard League. -
Oct 30, 1177
Frederick I Made Peace with the Pope.
He returned to Germay, German kings continued with their attempsts to revive Charlemagne's empire. -
Nov 20, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges. -
Nov 20, 1295
Parliment is Formed in England
Legislative body that was originally assembled by Edward I of England to raise and collect taxes -
Oct 30, 1337
Hundred Years War
Fought between England and France. It lasted for 16 years. -
Period: Nov 25, 1337 to Nov 25, 1400
Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1400 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne.
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Period: Nov 25, 1340 to Nov 25, 1400
Bubonic Plague - Black Death
The Bubonic Plague was a disease that spread during the War,
Plague is a severe and potentially deadly bacterial infection.
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Nov 20, 1414
Great Schism
The Western Schism, a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417 -
Joan Of Arc
Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. -
Crowning of Charlemagne by the Pope
The church sought to influence both spirtual and political matters. -
The Break Up of Frankish Empire
The empire lasted for 29 years, Charlemagne was crowned in Rome. -
Otto Became Emperor
After the Death of Charlemagne Otto the Great followed his footsteps. -
VIkings' First Raid
They striked Poartland, England. -
Period: to
Reign of Charlemagne
He was a great statesman and a great conqueror, one of his first conquests being that of the Lombards.
