A Changing Feudal Order 1000-1215

By GDSolomon28
  • 962

    Otto I Becomes Holy Roman Emperor

  • 978

    Ethelred the Unready Begins Ruling England

    Ethelred loses land to the Danes (Vikings) and begins paying foe protection in the form of the Danegeld.
  • 987

    Carolingian Dynasty in France Ends

  • 988

    Vladimir the Great Embraces Eastern Christianity

    Vladimir, the ruler of the Rus in Kiev, embraces Christianity as the official religion and chooses the Byzantine version over the Roman Catholic church.
  • 1014

    Pope Benedict VIII officially added filioque to the Nicene Creed.

    This increases tension with the Eastern (Byzantine) church.
  • 1016

    Viking King Cnut rules England and Denmark

  • 1031

    Reconquista Intensifies in Spain

  • 1042

    Edward the Confessor Begins Ruling England

    Edward restores rule of England to the family of Alfred the Great and the Anglo-Saxons.
  • 1050

    Westminster Abbey Built

    It was consecrated in 1063.
  • 1054

    Great Schism Between Eastern and Western Churches

  • 1066

    Norman Conquest of England

  • 1071

    Seljuk Turks Defeat Byzantines ; Normans Take Sicily

  • 1073

    Pope Gregory VII excommunicated Emperor Henry IV.

  • 1077

    Henry IV Repents to Pope Gregory

  • 1088

    Oldest University in Europe founded in Bologna, Italy

  • Period: 1096 to 1099

    The First Crusade

  • Period: 1100 to 1135

    Reign of Henry I in England

  • 1109

    Anselm Died

    This British monk is considered the Father of Scholasticism.
  • 1117

    University of Oxford Founded

  • 1143

    Peter Abelard Dies

    Abelard was considered the systematizer of Scholastic Theology.
  • Period: 1147 to 1149

    The Second Crusade

  • 1152

    Henry of Anjou , the future Henry II of England, marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.

    This gives England a claim to vast territories in France.
  • 1154

    Henry II Begins Developing Common Law in England

  • 1163

    Notre Dame in Paris Begins Construction

  • 1170

    Archbishop Thomas Beckett Mirdered

  • 1184

    Waldensians are declared heretical

  • 1187

    Saladin and Muslims Retake Jerusalem

  • Period: 1189 to 1192

    The Third Crusade

  • 1199

    Richard Lionheart Dies and is Succeeded by John I

  • Period: 1200 to 1204

    The Fourth Crusade

  • 1206

    Genghis Khan Begins Mongol Empire

  • 1209

    Franciscan Order Established

  • 1212

    The Children's Crusade

  • 1215

    The Magna Carta Sealed by King John