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466
Clovis the first is born; to be the first to unite all the Frankish tribe of Western Europe
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527
Justinian was Roman (Byzantine) Emperor from 527 to 565
In his attepmts to re-unite the old empire he re-established Roman control over the western Mediterranean, increasing the empire's revenue by over a million solidi. he played a part in the uniform rewriting of Roman law, the Corpus Juris Civilis, which is still the basis of civil law in many modern states. -
May 25, 732
Battle of tours bettween the Franks
the decisive turning point in the struggle against Islam, a struggle which preserved Christianity as the religion of Europe, viewed as the battle which steamed the tide of the muslim 'invasion' of europe and secured chritianity as the religion of the whole of europe. -
May 23, 1054
The great division of the Roman Catholic church from the eastern orthodox church
The East–West Schism of 1054, sometimes known as the Great Schism,formally divided the State church of the Roman Empire into Eastern (Greek) and Western (Latin) branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, respectively. Paved the way for futher divisions in the Christian establishment, thus affecting the churches power. -
May 24, 1066
Norman conquest of England
The Norman conquest was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class, replacing it with a foreign, French-speaking monarchy, aristocracy, and clerical hierarchy. This, in turn, brought about a transformation of the English language and the culture of England in a new era often referred to as Norman England. -
May 24, 1088
University of Bologna founded, oldest academic instition in recorded history or western world
Signaled a marked change in medieval society as education was becoming a popular idea amongst others outside of the establishment of various medieval societies; nobles and lower did want education and this institution set the table for the eventual shift. -
May 25, 1100
Charlemagne King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans
He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. His rule is associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages -
May 24, 1124
Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in the world; served as queen of england by Henry the second
Eleanor of Aquitaine is the only woman to have been queen of both France and England. She was the patroness of such literary figures as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-More, and Chrétien de Troyes.
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May 25, 1215
Magna Carta is an English charter which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date
The 1215 Charter required the King of England to proclaim certain liberties, accepting that his will was not arbitrary,proclaiming that none not even th king was above the law. -
May 23, 1254
Venetian Marco Polo is born; to become famous christian explorer
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May 23, 1260
Marco Polo and his family travel to Asia
Would go on to meet mongul emepor as chritian missionery mandated by the church to sell the word of god -
May 24, 1337
The hundred years war begins with a series of wars between the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet.
The war owes its historical significance to a number of factors. Primarily a dynastic conflict, the war gave impetus to ideas of both French and English nationalism. Militarily, it saw the introduction of new weapons and tactics, which eroded the older system of feudal armies dominated by heavy cavalry in Western Europe. -
May 23, 1412
Joan of Arc is born in Domremy, Champagne, France
She was a deeply religious French heroine that was born in Domremy in France in 1412. She is said to have experienced visions of various archangels telling to lead the French army at Orleans against the English with the desired result of installing Charles the 7th as the French king at Rheims. Joan of arc forces defeated the English battle after battle which would test their own faith as they saw victory and of course defeat as the will of God. She was said to be the catalyst that ended the hund -
May 23, 1428
Joan of arc drove the English outr of Orleans just as the Archangels had told her
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May 25, 1439
Johann Gutenburg was a was a German goldsmith, printer and publisher who introduced modern book printing.
His invention gave rise to the use of materials to form the knowledge based economy, which would go on to facilitate the renaissaince. Reformation and the Scientific Revolution and the spread of learning to the masses. -
May 24, 1453
The hundred years war ends with the house of Plantagenet in france being deposed of.
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May 29, 1453
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire
Fall of constantinople marks the end of the last Remnance of the Roman empire which had lasted more than 2,200 years, this was a massive blow for Christendom. After the conquest the ottoman emperor made Constantinople the Ottoman Empire's new capital exposing europe to more islam. It is argued that they helped fuel the Renaissance. Some mark the end of the Middle Ages by the fall of the city and empire. -
Clovis defeated Sygrigus, the last Roman Governor
Goes on to expand his empire considerably to emcompass all the Frankish tribes now making up modern day France, Belgium, Rhineland and south germany, Eventually his policy of disallowing females to assume the throne lead to major conflicts, mostnotably the hundred years war with England. Made himself Christian thus alining himself with the Papacy. -
Arrival of Vikings
Very first arrival of ikings from the Nordic Nations; believed to have arrived to avenge the injustices of the charlemagne regime in his policy of christianization. The vikings brought their blood and tactics to all regions of Europe leaving methods of conquering and strustural science. -
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) from 800 to his death in 814
He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. His rule is associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages
