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Period: 500 to Dec 26, 1500
Middle Ages
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Uniting of the Franks
The Franks were one of the many Germanic tribes that crossed the Roman Empire's northern frontier to invade and then settle in Roman territory in the fifth century.Without leaving their homeland, the Germanic Franks gradually expanded into northern Gaul where they played only a minor role until they were led by the warrior chieftain Clovis . -
Aug 9, 622
Mohammad
Mohammed fled to Medina, now also a holy city, in the year 622 from Mecca because it was invaded and taken over. -
Oct 10, 732
The Battle of Tours
The franks invaded a town full of muslims killing them all. They thought that killing those Muslims was good for the soul so they murdered as musch as possible. -
Oct 22, 742
Charles the Hammer
Frankish Monarch. The grandfather of Charlemagne, he is best remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, which prevented Moslem advance from getting any farther into Europe than Spain. His Frankish army defeated an Arab and Berber army fighting to spread Islam, which had swept through southern Asia and north Africa, before conquering most of the Iberian peninsula and much of southern France. -
Period: Oct 26, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Mar 3, 1055
Seljuks
The Seljuks were a group of nomadic Turkish warriors from central Asia who established themselves in the Middle East during the 11th Century as guardians of the declining abbasid caliphate. After 1055 founded the great Seljuk Sultanate; an empire centered in Baghdad and including Iran, Iraq, and Syria. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings saw the clash of two military systems. The Saxon army, centred on the King’s personal bodyguard of “housecarles”, comprised the universal levy, the “Fyrd”, led by the local leaders of each shire with their households -
Oct 25, 1066
The vikings
The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-born warriors and traders of Norsemen (literally, men from the north) who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe as far east as the Volga River in Russia from the late 8th–11th century. -
Oct 26, 1078
Banning of Lay Investiture
Inasmuch as we have learned that, contrary to the establishments of the holy fathers, the investiture with churches is, in many places, performed by lay persons; and that from this cause many disturbances arise in the church by which the Christian religion is trodden underfoot: we decree that no one of the clergy shall receive the investiture with a bishopric or abbey or church from the hand of an emperor or king or of any lay person, male or female. -
Mar 19, 1096
The First Crusade
The official crusading armies did not depart until the middle of 1096. In the end, three main bands were to travel. From northern France, groups of Normans and Lotharingians (from Lorraine) travelled under the command of Robert, Hugh and Godfrey. -
Period: Nov 19, 1096 to Sep 18, 1270
Crusades
Crusades also called "holy wars" are wars fought for god to gain land and if u died in a crusade your sins were cleared and you go to heaven. -
May 29, 1176
Battle of Legnano
In September 1174, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa began his fifth major campaign in Italy. Crossing the Alps, Frederick sought to destroy the Lombard League and firmly establish imperial control over Italy. -
Jan 23, 1204
The Fourth Cusade
The crusaders, now better styled the invaders, took Constantinople by storm. No "infidels" could have treated in worse fashion this home of ancient civilization. They burned down a great part of it; they slaughtered the inhabitants; they wantonly destroyed monuments, statues, paintings, and manuscripts - the accumulation of a thousand years. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. -
Sep 13, 1265
Vernacular
In the early 13th century, Dante (1265-1321) wrote the Divine Comedy, a Christian epic in which he visits Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Heaven (Paradiso), the first two under the guidance of the great classical epic poet, Virgil. -
Dec 6, 1295
parliament is formed in England
It would enshrine in law and in the English political system, barriers to dictatorial rule. It also formed a basis for the form of representative rule which is common in today's western societies. -
Period: Aug 19, 1337 to Nov 19, 1453
Hundred Years' War
A long war between Britain and France where France was loseing badly until Joan of Arc came and led them to victory. -
Period: Nov 19, 1340 to Nov 19, 1400
Bubonic Plague - Black Death
In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly. -
Dec 6, 1414
Great Schism
The Great Schism is the title given to the rift that formed in the Church in the eleventh century A.D. This separation led to the "Roman Catholic" Church, hereafter known as the Western Church, and the "Greek Catholic" or "Greek Orthodox” Church, hereafter known as the Eastern Church. -
Apr 9, 1429
Joan of Arc
At the battle of Orleans in May 1429, Joan led the troops to a miraculous victory over the English. -
Oct 19, 1453
Defeat of the Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 AD. They kept the name of the capital city 'Constantinople. -
Crowning of Charlemagne by the Pope
He served the last 14 years of his life as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Son of Pepin the Short and grandson of Charles Martel, He was an outstanding warrior and a fine orator, remembered for his intelligence and generosity.Charlemagne was a successful warlord. He accomplished some military endeavor in nearly every year of his reign, which led to the expansion of his (Frankish) kingdom. -
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Reign of Charlemagne
