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500
Loss of Language
As people lost their understanding of Greek they also lost literature, science, and philospy. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1500
Middle Ages
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511
Uniting of the Franks
The Franks were united into one kindom modern day France. -
Jan 1, 700
Vikings
From scandinavia a Germanic People, worshipped warlike gods,know for their ability to sail, trade, and raid. -
Jan 1, 737
Charles the Hammer
extended the Frankish kingdom, and stopped the Muslims invasion into Spain -
Period: Jan 1, 742 to
Reign of Charlemagne
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Period: Jan 1, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Jan 1, 752
Pepin the Short
Son of Charles the Hammer, he fought the Lombards who were invading Italy and threatning Rome -
Nov 1, 1066
Battle of Hastings
This battle earned the title of "the battle that changed history" -
Jan 1, 1078
Banning of lay investiture
most important conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe. -
Jan 1, 1095
The beginning of the crusades
Pope Urban the second called for a crusade -
Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-crusades.htm, The Crusades were great military expeditions undertaken by the Christian nations -
Jan 1, 1176
Battle of Legnano
Fought between the forces of the Holy Roman Empire. -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document that King John of England was forced into signing -
Jan 1, 1215
Problems with Germany
Fredrick the second has promised to lead the crusade -
Jan 1, 1295
Parliament is formed in England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England -
Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years' War
A series of Wars between England and France, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/hundred_years_war.htm -
Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Jan 1, 1400
Bubonic Plague- Black Death
Begins in Asia and spreads to Europe through trade routes (especially rats),http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html -
Jan 1, 1400
The language of vernacular
used for the writen word, it came too the end of the middle ages -
Jan 1, 1414
Great Schism
There were 3 popes at the time but did not favor Martin V. -
Jan 1, 1429
Joan of Arc Marches to Orleans
She was 18 years old mounted on a fine war horse holding a sword and wereing heavily armor -
Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope
It joined Germanic power with the church and the heritage of Rome -
Monasteries and Monks
They were important of education, they keep the learning and education alive during the Middle ages. -
Gregory the Great/ Pope Gregory 1st
He became the head of the Catholic Church, he brought the church into politics.
