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Period: 600 to 1300
The Medieval Agricultural Revolution
This event in time sparked because of financial struggles due to agriculture. The methods that were used for modern day agriculture changed due to quite literally not enough people to feed. So crops were grown in moderation for enough people in order to survive. This was obviously extremely difficult to maintain and saw a lot of people starve to death, as well as the economy sky rocket through the roof. But, by over 700 years, there was a 500% increase in overall human population. -
756
The Latin Church
The Latin church after the fall of the Roman empire, essentially reunited the lost Europeans through religious traditions. Religion as a whole basically rose up from the ground and took charge of millions of lives. This in turn, gave the pope that much more power. The pope itself had immense military power and stood on an equal level to kings and other immense figures in modern day society. This was the main reason as to why the pope was so immensely powerful. -
Period: 1098 to 1492
The Crusades
The crusades went on for a long, long time. Centuries at the bare minimum. They resulted in significant financial gain for the Europeans, but also what they state as "horrific carnage". There were a lot of different crusaders but the ones that stand out the most are the Suljuk Turks. They were trained from birth to be fierce and brutal raiders that also turned to Islam just before the eleventh century. Overall, the crusades where a significant part of why some leaders were so powerful. -
1236
The Mongols
The Mongols were a huge European powerhouse that bloomed in the early 1200s. They were extremely organized and very unified. They invaded Russia, Poland, Hungary all within a matter of 2-3 years. They were eventually stopped in 1260 by the Mamluk Turks. It goes to show how many extreme forces can rise up from out of nowhere which lots of power. This made Great Khan Ogodei one of the most fiercest people of that time period. -
1300
Women and Gender
Because of older traditions and ideologies, women were seen as inferior versions of men: less intelligent and weaker. They were taught that women were more sinful, which was due to Eve's behavior in the bible. A lot of women writers however emerged over the middle ages despite not having access to education in the literacy department specifically. Because of the lack of women in the higher ups of the hierarchy (in terms of leadership) this allowed for Kings and the Pope to remain at the top. -
1300
Education
Kings and the Pope could often be called "powerful" as long as they had a strong and big army to back themselves up. Education isn't always literacy and mathematics, it can mean the ways of a warrior. Of course literacy and mathematics are extremely important when it came to living life in those days (even today). The right training for soldiers to make them as professional and deadly as possible, meant a higher chance of winning wars. This is what creates a powerful king. -
1300
Corruption
The higher ups of the pope, which includes bishops, cardinals, archbishops and the pope themselves were always drawn from nobility. No one else could really rise up the ranks of the pope unless you had noble blood. Lot's of money as a result was siphoned to the top of the chain, and often the pope lived like Kings themselves. This in turn created ignorant and greedy mindsets for people in positions of power. This can be seen by almost every king as they continue their pursuit of power. -
Period: 1337 to 1543
The 100s War
The 100s war was a conflict that started between England and France due to intertwined families that had resentment about policies between their country counterpart. In those days, the English and the French were extremely similar. Wore similar outfits, had similar traditions and even some of the noble English men usually spoke French themselves. These wars would determine who gets specific parts of land and resources for their country. This obviously would make any king immensely strong. -
1356
The Black Death
The Black Death is theorized to have begun in the Mongol Khanites and spread west. This plague was so heavily impactful because of the lack of treatment required as poor well as poor harvests. It got so dire that people were often seen cannibalizing in order to survive. This led to poor immune systems for the people that did end up surviving the plague. However, as soon as the plague had ended, the economic side was extremely positive. Which allowed for empires that survived to continue onwards. -
1493
The Consequences of the Crusades.
Finance, Inspiration and Religion are the biggest talking points when it comes to the Consequences of the Crusades. Because of the crusades, lot's of people made enormous amounts of money transporting soldiers and goods across lands. As well as lots of other empires were inspired by the crusades, and wanted to take their own land back as well. European Christianity was also weakened as people took the crusades as a sign of anti Semitism, which in turn made people attack Jewish communities.