middle ages in europle

  • The first crusade
    1096

    The first crusade

    During this, the Christians tried to reclaim Jerusalem from the islam,
    the Christian were sucessful.
  • Period: 1096 to 1271

    All of the important crusades

    These were religous wars that were caused due to two different religions wanting to claim holy lands, these religions were usually the islam against the christians.
  • The sixth crusade
    1128

    The sixth crusade

    In this crusade the Christians managed to finally retrieve Jerusalem and won against the Islam.
  • The second crusade
    1144

    The second crusade

    This battle was over edessa, the Christians had let it but the islams had won this time.
  • The third crusade
    1187

    The third crusade

    Urged by the Christians, they wanted to reclaim some of the holy land, which was quite sucessful but they did not reclaim their goal: Jerusalem.
  • 1202

    The fourth crusade

    The Christians wanted to claim jerusalem, they were not sucessful because the pope rebuked them for their behavior.
  • The fifth crusade
    1217

    The fifth crusade

    The Christians effort were in vain in this battle when they tried to claim Jerusalem once again, but they kept on trying.
  • The seventh crusade
    1248

    The seventh crusade

    In this crusade, the beggining was going well for the Christians but some of them had been captured by the Islam.
  • The eighth crusade
    1267

    The eighth crusade

    This was the last of the impactful crusades, but the islams won yet again.
  • Bubonic Plague Start
    1346

    Bubonic Plague Start

    One of the most devestating events in the 14th century that had occured in europe. The bubonic plague was a very dangerous and contagious disease that had caused the death of an estimated 25 million people.
  • Bubonic Plague End
    1352

    Bubonic Plague End

    It has never really been known how the Bubonic Plague has ended but most historians have speculated that it was either people lived far away for a long time during the disease, or that only the immune survived. But it had an impact for those people at the time because it inspired them to come up with cures for diseases and not rely on superstition.