Middle Ages ( all events taken from "World History Patterns of Interaction" Textbook)

Middle Ages

Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

Battle of Hastings

Oct 14, 1066

William the Conqueror leads Normandy to victory over England. Marries, Eleanor of Aquitane, uniting Normandy and England

Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

King John who successed King Richard, reluctantly signed the Magna Carta that guarenteed basic political rights to the people such as no taxation without representation, trial by jury, and protection by law

Parliament

Nov 1, 1295

A parliament was ventually signed and established in England

The Great Schism

Jan 1, 1300

King Phillip IV went against Pope Boniface and created own pope, splitting the church and country

King Charles IV dies

Jan 1, 1328

The French King Charles IV dies with no male heir. Charles's son in law and nephew fight to claim the throne, starting the Hundred Year War

Black Plague comes to Europe

Jan 1, 1346

The plague came in 3 forms
- pneumonic: attacked the lungs
- septicemic: attacked the bloodstream
- bubonic: caused buboes on the body

Plague ends in Europe

Jan 1, 1352

ended up killing 1/3 of the population, few sparatic cases of the plague popped up every once in a while but nothing large

End of Great Schism

Jan 1, 1417

New Holy Roman Emperor and his councel forcing both popes to resign and he assigned a new single pope

Joan of Arc

Jan 1, 1429

Joan of Arc convinced King Charles VII to let her lead the army against the English in a battle. She achieved victory as a woman leading an army

Death of Joan of Arc

Jan 1, 1431

Joan of Arc is eventually captured by English and accused of herecy and burned at the stake. She was later sainted by the catholic church in 1922