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Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1500
Middle ages
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511
Uniting of the franks
The term Frank was used as a synonym for Roman Catholic.
were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as occupying land on the Lower and Middle Rhine. -
Nov 1, 644
Roman catholics and the barbarian kingdom
Roman catholics spread throughout the barbarian kingdom. -
Period: Jan 1, 715 to Jan 1, 741
Reign of Charlemange
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Nov 1, 715
Reign of Charlemagne
Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great (Latin: Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus) or Charles I, was the founder of the Carolingian Empire, reigning from 768 until his death. -
Jan 28, 742
Crowning of Charlemagne by the pope
also known as Charles the Great (Latin: Carolus Magnus or Charles I, was the founder of the Carolingian Empire, reigning from 768 until his death. -
Period: Jan 1, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Nov 1, 1066
Normans take control of England
The normans take control of England. The Norman conquest of England was the invasion and subsequent occupation of England by an army of Normans and French led by Duke William II of Normandy. -
Mar 28, 1103
Banning of Lay investiture
The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest was the most significant conflict between Church and state in medieval Europe. -
May 29, 1176
Battle of Legnano
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Nov 1, 1215
Magna Carta gives rights to free men in England
Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, is an Angevin charter, originally issued in Latin in the year 1215, translated into vernacular-French as early as 1219, and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. Magna Carta is Latin for Great Charter. -
Nov 1, 1337
Hundred years' war fought between England and France
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne. -
Vikings' first raid strikes Portland, England
The vokings first raided portland england. The Viking Age was a period in European history,