Middles Ages

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  • 500 BCE

    The collapse of Roman civilization

    The collapse of Roman civilization
    The Middle Ages was the period in European history from the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5th century CE to the period of the Renaissance
  • Period: 500 BCE to 400 BCE

    500 BCE - 400 BCE

  • 400 BCE

    Feudalism

    Feudalism
    feudalism, also called feudal system or feudality, French féodalité, historiographic construct designating the social, economic, and political conditions in western Europe during the early Middle Ages, the long stretch of time between the 5th and 12th centuries.
  • Period: 400 BCE to 1096

    400 BCE - 1096

  • 1096

    The first Crusade

    The first Crusade
    The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule
  • Period: 1096 to 1212

    1096 - 1212

  • 1212

    the children's crusade

    the children's crusade
    Children's Crusade, (1212) Religious movement in Europe in which thousands, including many children and young people, set out to take the Holy Land from the Muslims by love instead of by force.
  • Period: 1212 to 1271

    1212 - 1271

  • 1271

    The last Crusade

    The last Crusade
    Throughout the remainder of the 13th century, a variety of Crusades aimed not so much to topple Muslim forces in the Holy Land but to combat any and all groups seen as enemies of the Christian faith
  • Period: 1271 to 1314

    1271 - 1314

  • 1314

    The battle of Bannockburn

    The battle of Bannockburn
    Battle of Bannockburn, (June 23–24, 1314) Decisive battle in Scottish history, at which the Scots under Robert the Bruce (later Robert I) defeated the English under Edward II.
  • Period: 1314 to 1318

    1314 - 1318

  • 1318

    The Peasants' Revolt

    The Peasants' Revolt
    Peasants’ Revolt, also called Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, (1381), first great popular rebellion in English history. Its immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax of 1380, which brought to a head the economic discontent that had been growing since the middle of the century
  • Period: 1318 to 1347

    1318 - 1347

  • 1347

    Bubonic Plague

    Bubonic Plague
    Plague pandemics hit the world in three waves from the 1300s to the 1900s and killed millions of people. The first wave, called the Black Death in Europe, was from 1347 to 1351. The second wave in the 1500s saw the emergence of a new virulent strain of the disease.
  • Period: 1347 to 1352

    1347 - 1352

  • 1352

    End of the bubonic plague

    End of the bubonic plague
    The most popular theory of how the plague ended is through the implementation of quarantines. The uninfected would typically remain in their homes and only leave when it was necessary, while those who could afford to do so would leave the more densely populated areas and live in greater isolation
  • Period: 1352 to 1520

    1352 - 1520

  • 1520

    The end of the middle ages

    The end of the middle ages
    Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the hands of the invading Ottoman Empire on May 29, 1453. This day, many believe, marks the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the 15th-century Renaissance