Medieval History

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  • 300

    franks first entered the Roman Empire

    The Franks first entered the Roman Empire near the mouth of the Rhine River in the 300s. They settled in the area of northern Gaul that corresponds to present-day Belgium and Netherlands
  • Period: 500 to Oct 7, 1500

    Middle Ages

    The period in western European history following the collapse of the Roman Empire
  • Oct 7, 700

    Pepin 2

    Mayor becomes hereditary
  • Oct 7, 732

    Charles Martel & the Battle of Tours

    Pepin 2's kid. Victory against Muslims, stopped Islam in Europe.
  • Oct 7, 741

    Pepin 3 (The short)

    Charles's kid. Defeats Lobards for Pope. "King by Grace of God". Donation of Pepin to Pope. Pope says "You can be king of France!"
  • Oct 7, 754

    Crowning of Pepin

    Pepin 3 (the short) was elected king in 751 by the ppl, and the pope officially crowned him "king by grace of god" in 754.
  • Apr 24, 1066

    Haley's Comet

    'Nuff said. 24 April 1066
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

  • Dec 25, 1066

    crowning of William the conqueror as king of England

  • Oct 7, 1100

    The Song of Roland

    The poem is based on an incident during Charlemagne's wars against Muslims in Spain. Charlemagne puts his nephew, Count Roland, in charge of the rearguard as French knights retreat. The reargaurd is attacked by a much larger Arab army, and Roland waits too long to summon Charlemagne's help.
  • Period: Oct 7, 1100 to Oct 7, 1200

    Chansons de Geste

    They tended to celebrate military ideals of courage in battle, loyalty, honour, and endurance, as well as legendary heroes.

  • Treaty of Verdun

    3 separate kingdoms

  • Clovis became king of a Frankish tribe

    In 481 an able ruler named Clovis became king of one of the Frankish tribes. He and his successors were called marovingians because Clovis traced his ancestry back to Meroveg. Brutal & cruel, but a great military leader. Troops conquered lots of places & soon controlled all of Northern Gaul.

  • Clovis accepts crisianity

    Leads to baptism of 3,000 warriors

  • Charlemagne becomes "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope

    Charlemagne crowned Emperor of "Holy Romans" (AKA France) by Pope Leo 3.
  • Period: to

    Charlemagne's rule

    Little education but very intelligent. Deeply religious. Outstanding ruler. Warsome: defeated Lombards, Saxons, and Avars. Gov: Hundreds of regions, each ruled by a count. Each raised an army and made laws for their land. Missi dominici aka eyes and ears checked up on all. No taxes, tribute from conquered land was enough. All contributed to army. After death, empire crumbled under son: Louis the Pious. After Louis died, his 3 sons divided the empire. Charlemagne's descendents: Carolingians
  • Period: to

    Alfred the Great

    Education, Persuading Danes to leave with money, attackng Danes... BEGAN RULING IN 871