Byzantium Empire

Feudalism

911 BCE

Feudalism was a new government that was all about safety. The heart of feudalism was vassalage. The way the system worked was the Germanic warriors swore an oath to there leader. Later they where called vassals. Vassals that fought for there leader would receive land, this land was called a fief. They would then share the land with peasants and the peasants that worked for the vassals would give them some crop for working and the the vassal would keep some of his and eventually give to king.

Clovis

500

First Germanic ruler to turn christian. During a battle Clovis was losing really bad and he looked up to the sky and said "god if you help me win i will get baptized and turn into a christian. Eventually the enemy fled and Clovis did what he promised.

Justinian

527

Justinian was a ruler in 527 of the Byzantium empire. While he was empire he shot down the Nika Revolt. Also he was able to build up empire to include Italy, part of Spain, North Africa, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine.

Gregory I

590

Gregory the first was a pope from 590 to 604 that strengthened the power of the papacy and the church. He also was leader of Rome because he was the highest authority and was leader of all other surrounding areas called Papal states. The last think he did was that he converted non Germanic Christians into Christians.

Byzantium empire and devastation

Feb 15, 636

Once Justinian died his conquest left Byzantium many issues. First off Byzantium had way to much land know and no one had controlled over it. He had a empty treasury, no money no position for it. Later Black Death came to the Byzantium empire which practically killed the whole empire. Black plague was one of the worst plagues ever in world history. After that threats start coming in from Islamic forces.

Charlemagne

Feb 15, 768

Charlemagne was a determined, decisive, intelligent, curious, and a fierce warrior. He created the Carolingian Empire, one of the biggest and longest empire that grew until napoleon took it out later in time. The empire was run by counts or German nobles.

Charlemagne’s death

Feb 15, 814

Once Charlemagne's death in 814 the Carolingian empire was split between his grandsons. While they where trying to settle the empire the local rulers where fighting for the land and also Magyars, Hungarians, and vikings where going around the empire and either invading it or destroying it.

Macedonians

Feb 15, 1054

The Macedonians helped re-expand the Byzantium Empire to where it was in the 600s. Later poor successors and power struggles undid most of those gains by the late 11th century. This lead too relations with the Western Roman Catholic Church and it grew worse because of the Eastern Orthodox church did not accept the pope as sole head of Christianity. Later schism began

Willam of Normady

Feb 15, 1066

In 1066, William of Normandy landed on the coast of England and defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. After he killed Harold he gave land to his knight called fiefs he also made all nobles swear and oath that he was the sole ruler of England. After he did all that he created a census and made the Domesday book. He then later kept track of all of his belonging and other people throughout England. He also can thank him because he found out a way to tax people better for there things.

Henry II

Feb 15, 1154

Henry the second was greatly enlarged in English monarchy. There for he tried more criminal and property cases in royal courts which expanded the power of the royal courts. He also created Common law that replaced the varying laws that were found place to place which mad a stronger central government. The last thing he did was to claim the right to punish clergy in royal courts.

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Feb 15, 1200

Eleanor of Aquitaine lived in south west of France and was married at the age of fifteen to king Louis the seventh. Later the marriage is annulled and she then marries Henry Duke of Normandy which he then later becomes King of England. Not a great marriage but gave birth to eight children, out of them five sons two of them become kings. John and Richard both become Kings of England

Magna Carta

Feb 15, 1215

The Magna Carta was made in 1215 ad to limit King John’s power. A group of English Nobles forced him to sign the Magna Carta. The Magna carta introduced laws and obligations that not only the people had to follow but so did the politcal system of the area.it was used later in English history to point out Monarchy was Limited U.S. also looked to it for our form of government.