Middle Ages

By Reni Kiss
  • 476

    Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire

    Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
    This is what pretty much started everything. The fall impacted the economy the most, the trade routs declined, and forced the people to barter, which resulted in the formation of the feaudal system.
  • 535

    Corpus Iuris Civilis

    Corpus Iuris Civilis
    Justinian collected the ancient roman's laws in this book, which is still the base of most of the todays law system.
  • 732

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours
    Charles the Martel, by defeating the arabs at the battle of Tours, he was able to stop the arab invasion, and preserve christianity in Europe.
  • 800

    Charlemagne and the carolingian renaissance

    Charlemagne and the carolingian renaissance
    After his coronation the so-called carolingian renaissance begun, in which a new writting system was introduced, the carolingian minuscule. The letters became smaller, because it was faster and saved up space, and with space between words, it was more legible. This is the kind of writting what we use now.
  • 843

    Treaty of Verdun

    Treaty of Verdun
    After Charlamagne's empire wa divided into 3 parts, the kingdoms started to struggle, and the great carolingian empire just disappeared, but it is thought to be the establishment of Germany, and France.
  • 1054

    The Great Schism

    The Great Schism
    I think the people/believers must have been confused, because if there is 1 God who have to be worshiped, then why do we need 2 different church to do the same thing, so after the schism the power of the chruches must got weaker.
  • Period: 1095 to 1492

    Crusades

    During the crusades, different orders of chivalry fromed, and some of them are still works nowadays. Since it was created, and lead by the popes, their power increased significally during the wars. And also while they gained territories, they were able to spread christianty in some kind of bloody way, like during the Jihad.
  • 1215

    Magna Charta Libertatum

    Magna Charta Libertatum
    This kept the ruler within limits, so this can be considered as the firts step to the constitution.
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    The Hundred Years’ War

    Besides the casual population decreasing, and economic problems what usually problem after a war, England lost most of its territory. And in order to keep up with the fight both sides had to increase the taxes, which resulted in the development of better tax system. New wepons were also introduced such as cannons.
  • 1439

    Gutenberg press

    Gutenberg press
    With the discovery of printing, books spread faster and easier, and people became smarter and more educated.