Middle Ages

Charles the Hammer and the Battle of the Tours

732

1. Ensured the ruling of Charlemagne 2.Spread Christianity 3.Showed Europe Islamic forces could be defeated.

Charlemagne

800

1. Ensured Christianity in Europe 2.United all Germanic people into one kingdom. 3.Known as the Father of Europe

The Treaty of Verdun

843

1. Ended the three-year Caroligian civil war.
2. Divided the kingdom amongst the three remaining grandsons of Charlemagne. 3.Was signed in Verdun-sur-Meuse

The Battle of Hastings

1066

1.Between a Norman-French army and an English army.
2. Beginning of the Norman Conquest of England.
3. The Norman won.

The First Crusade

1095

1. Was the only successful crusade.
2. Was to recapture Jerusalem and The Holy Land from Muslims.
3. There were at least 60,000 soldiers.

Declaration of Magna Carta

1215

1. The Demands of the Barons were recorded in a document known as The Article of the Barons. 2.One of the most important documents in history.
2. It establishes that everyone is subject to the law.

The Great Famine

1315

1. Most of Europe was affected.
2. First of a series of large-scale crises in Europe.
3. Crime rates went up when this happened.

Hundred Years War

1337

1. Was against France and England.
2. France won due to the help of cannons.
3. The French were armed with crossbows and the English had longbows.

The Black Death

1348

1. It killed most of the population.
2. Killed more people in Asia than in Europe.
3. Barely any trade happened due to it.

The Great Schism

1378

1. The Church was divided.
2. It was between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
3. The East Orthodox Church thought the Catholic Church was corrupt and exploitative.