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500
Pope Gelasius 1 writes about the church and state
He writes that the church should be in charge of religious matters and the emporer should be in charge of political matters. -
Period: 500 to Mar 3, 1500
Middle Ages
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511
The Franks are united
Clovis united them and bought them to Christianity.Charles the hammer extended it but then it fell in 987. -
Period: Jan 1, 751 to
Carolingian Dynasty
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Period: Jan 1, 771 to
Reign of Charlemagne
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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
A battle between the Normans and the Saxons that changed English history.Harold was the Saxon leader but was killed during the battle so the Normans won and their leader William claimed all of England as his personal property. -
Oct 26, 1075
Lay of investure banned
It's where the king chose who the bishops of the church were.The church got sick of that and felt like they should choose their own powers. -
Jan 3, 1077
Meeting of Canossa
King Henry went to the town of Canossa to beg for forgivness after being excommunicated. He got forgivness but the only thing accomplished was ebarrassing Henry. -
Nov 25, 1087
The christians lose Jerusalem
The Christians lost Jerusalem durin the second and third crusades because the Muslims fought back really hard because it was their holy land. -
Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
A timeline of the crusadesPope Urban 2 called all the Christian men to fight and take back Jerusalem.Many Muslims and Christians were killed in them and they are part of the reason why there's distrust between the Muslim and Christian world today. -
Jan 1, 1099
Christians capture Jerusalem
Pope Urban 2 told them that they were fighting for a holy cause and called all Christian men to join the fight. During the second wave the Christians won and captured Jerusalem. -
Oct 29, 1122
Concordat of Worms is made
The church and the Emporer reach an agreement about lay of investiture in the cityof Worms. It's that the church chooses its own powers but the emporer can veto them. -
Oct 29, 1152
Frederick 1 is elected king
German princes chose him because he was a strong ruler and had good military tactics. -
May 29, 1176
Battle of Legnano
Where the angry Italian merchants and the pope's(the Lombard league)foot soldiers rebelled against Frederick's knight army.The footsoldiers shockingly won. -
Dec 31, 1190
Frederick's Empire falls apart
Frederick drowns so his empire disbands into feudal states.These states never join together and develop their own cultures. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
It was otherwise known as the Great Charter that was written by English nobles. It gave everyone basic rights that everyone had to follow. -
Nov 1, 1295
Parliment is formed in England
A group that king Edward brought together to raise taxes for the war against the French. It was a huge step towards democracy. -
Jan 1, 1321
Writers start to use vernacular language
Books way back then used to be in Latin and only the educated could read them. But then after a while writers started to write books in English and then most people could read them. -
Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years War
A war that lasted a hundred years between England and France when England's king claimed to own France.The war was eventually won by France. -
Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Feb 1, 1400
The Bubonic plague
It was a horrible plague that came from rats on trading ships. Also, it wiped out 1/3 of Europe's population at the time and gave you giant black welts with white circles around them and killed you. -
Jan 1, 1414
Great Schism
When there was three popes at one time. It ended when the council forced the popes to resign and they elected a new one. -
Jan 1, 1453
Joan of arc raises the French army
She led them to victory by guiding them to victory with her divine voice and presence. -
Charlemagne gets crowned emperor by the pope
He protected the pope from a mob and from people rising against him. They used to call him the holy roman emporer -
Otto the Great is crowned by the pope
Otto the Great followed in Charlemagne's and invaded Italy on the Pope's behalf.He was the most effectice ruler of medevial Germany and most greatly expanded Germanys empire.
