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Period: 500 to Oct 28, 1500
The European Middle Ages
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Period: 500 to Oct 28, 1000
Viking attacks on churches
Vikings attacked and looted Church monasteries. They destroyed many of these centers of learning. At that time, the Church suffered severe problems. Some priests could barely read their prayers. Some popes were men of questionable morals. Many bishops and abbots cared more about their positions as feudal lords than about their duties as spiritual leaders. However, over the next 300 years the Church and medieval life changed dramatically -
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Italy
Benedict begins writing a set of rules for moasteries -
Oct 28, 732
France
Charles Martel defeats Muslims at the Battle of Tours -
Oct 28, 1075
Holy Roman Empire
Henry IV clashes with Pope Gregory VII -
Period: Oct 28, 1090 to Oct 28, 1187
First and Second Crusades
The first and second Attempts at taking the holy land -
Oct 28, 1122
Holy Roman Empire
Concordat of Worms compromise reached -
Period: Oct 28, 1190 to Oct 28, 1204
Third and Fourth Crusades
The 3rd and 4th trys at re-taking the holy land -
Oct 28, 1212
Childrens Crusade
Thousands of children set out for the Holy Land. They were armed only with the belief that God would give them Jerusalem. On their march south to the Mediterranean, many died from cold and starvation. One group even turned back. The rest drowned at sea or were sold into slavery. -
Oct 28, 1215
King John approves Magna Carta
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Oct 28, 1347
Black Plague strikes
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Rome
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor -
Carolingian Empire
Charlemagne unites much of Europe -
Europe
Feudalism expands -
Benedictine Abbey founded at Cluny, France
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Period: to
Europe
Worst attacks by invaders through-out Europe -
Period: to Oct 28, 1328
Capetian Dynasty Rules France