Medival europe

Medieval Europe

By MaxMcMurry
  • Oct 10, 732

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours
    The Battle of Tours (often called the Battle of Poitiers, but not to be confused with the Battle of Poitiers, 1356) was fought on October 10, 732 between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and a massive invading Islamic army led by Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi Abd al Rahman, near the city of Tours, France.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    Battle of Hastings
    The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne. Harold was crowned king shortly after Edward's death, but faced invasions by William, his own brother Tostig and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada
  • Apr 17, 1096

    Crusades

    Crusades
    The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages. In 1095, Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to holy places in and near Jerusalem.
  • Feb 24, 1184

    Inquisition

    Inquisition
    People were urged to commit to their hersey and become catholismic in an inquisition.
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War. After John's death, the regency
  • Jan 28, 1225

    Thomas Aquinas

    Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas Aquinas, OP, also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest who was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism
  • Nov 13, 1295

    parliament

    parliament
    the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
  • Feb 24, 1346

    Black Plague

    Black Plague
    he Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe published in 2010 and 2011 indicates that the pathogen responsible was the Yersinia pestis bacterium, probably causing several forms of plague.
  • Feb 24, 1346

    Hundered Years' War

    Hundered Years' War
    The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the latter kingdom. Each side drew many allies into the war.

  • Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor

    Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor
    Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was King of the Franks who united most of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany