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406
Atilla the Hun
He is King of the Hun. "The Scourge of God" the purpose of Atilla was to creating one of the most formidable and feared armies. Roman and Antilla was a peaceful time into Atilla's hun attack the Eastern Roman Empire. -
476
Western Roman Empire Ends
Roman General is defeated by Odoacer, a Barbarian chief who had joined the Roman army. briefly Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus. in Italy the support of the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno. was defeated at Ravenna by Ostrogoth King. -
Period: 476 to Jul 10, 1300
Middle Ages
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Mar 25, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The history of the Middle age start with a Battle of Hastints. Its is between France and England against the Vikings the Normans claim to the English throne. The English King Harold II, who had been waiting for a Norman invasion. send his army to attack an invading Norwegian Viking army. -
Dec 19, 1087
The Domesday Book
The book is publised by Penguin Classic. It was the first Census to England. Amongst other things showed that slavery had effectively disappeared. and that there were 5,624 watermills south of the River Trent. -
Dec 31, 1095
The Crusade
The first Crusade was launched by Pope Urban in a field in Clermont . A large rabble of Germans, followers of Peter the Hermit, jumped the gun and, pausing only to kill all the Jews they could find. -
Aug 13, 1118
Knights Templar
The Templars were build in the first Crusade for the defence of Jerusalem, Knights of the Temple partly by St Bernard and based on the Cistercian one of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Over the sheepskin underwear they wore the famous uniform of a white tunic with a large red cross on it. -
Apr 4, 1188
The Saladin Tithe
England's first secular tax. imposed by Henry II to finance the Third Crusade. Each person on England should pay one portion for theirs houses. Anyone who had joined up for the crusade got a full refund. -
Abbey of Cluny
The first of the major monastic reform movements. The Abbey exerted huge influence in the ten hundreds. It was rebuilt twice to accommodate more monks Cluny II and Cluny III. -
Justinian I
Emperor of Byzantium at the height of its power for 35 years. The Byzantine capital of Constantinople, Belisarius, who recovered N Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths, a small bit of Southern Spain from the Visigoths. -
Via Francigena
It was a "Route " from France to Roman. Charlemagne was intersting for Rome. Sigeric was travelling back to Canterbury after seeing Pope in Rome to get his pallium and cope.
