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Period: 410 to 1066
Anglo-Saxons Kingdom
The Romans had left Britain for a while, which led many other kingdoms to try and conquer Britain (Ignitia.com Editors). The Angles and Saxons had eventually conquered most of Britain, they shared Britain and became Anglo-Saxon Britain (Ignitia.com Editors). Many of the tools used in Anglo-Saxon matched with its epic Beowulf (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 455 to 553
Ostrogothic Kingdom
Theodoric Ostrogoth set up his kingdom and capital at Ravenna after he deposed Odoacer (Ignitia.com Editors). His capital was modeled almost exactly like Constantinople, attempting to attract many people (Ignitia.com Editors). Theodoric was not a Romanic king, yet his officials were given Roman titles, so his kingdom had Roman laws (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 481 to 888
Frankish Kingdom
Clovis, who was a Frankish leader that ruled from 481 to 511, established the Frankish kingdom which is now modern France (Ignitia.com Editors). When he had defeated the Alemanni, he most likely converted to Christianity (Ignitia.com Editors). Three years after he had married his wife, he had started to imitate the Roman civilization and called himself Agustus (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 500 to 1500
beginning of the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages, Rome was not a Germanic tribe, Rome was a barbarous kingdom that wanted to conquer everything(Ignitia.com Editors). Rome and the Germanic tribe's time of peace caused an increase in hunting, farming, and migration(ignitia.com Editors). This migration of the Germanic tribes had caused the Roman army to set a full invasion to the German Soldiers in the fourth century(Ignitia.com Editors). The invasion caused global migration with the people in other countries(Ignitia.com Edit). -
511
The Do-Nothing Kings
Clovis had died in 511, so, his four sons had divided the kingdom for them to each rule (Ignitia.com Editors). These kings were called the Do-Nothing Kings, the real power came from the Mayors of the kingdom (Ignitia.com Editors). Charles Martel became the mayor in 771 and eventually took the throne from the brothers that same year (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 700 to 1500
Feudalism
Feudalism was a brand new system of government in the Frankish kingdom, with a lack of strong leadership (Ignitia.com Editors). Feudalism differed between regions and religions throughout the world yet the basic concept was the same (Ignitia.com Editors). The basis of this setting was a ranking system from commoner to king, in a pyramid order (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 936 to 1190
Holy Roman Empire
As the last king of the Franks died, Germany was split into four, and a man named Otto ruled one part of the four, he created a uniting Germany and saved the Pope (Ignitia.com Editors). Otto had taken over Italy from dictatorship and the pope crowned him Roman Emporer of the West, with this power, he had created the Holy Roman Empire (Ignitia.com Editors). Frederick Barbarossa tried to reconquer Italy over Otto but failed and died years later (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 976 to 1500
The Byzantine Empire
between the ninth and eleventh centuries, the Byzantine Empire began to revive, due to the Macedonian Kings helping them recover (Ignitia.com Editors). The Macedonian King Basil II was known as the Bulgarian Slayer because he devastated the Bulgarian army in 1014 (Ignitia.com Editors). Basil II started to rule over the Byzantine Empire until its decline in the 15th century (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 987 to 1328
France
Two factors split in the French empire after the fall of the Franks, and Capetian kings ended up ruling both sides and made the empire one again (Ignitia.com Editors). These Rulers were stronger than federal lords (Ignitia.com Editors). They would go on and rule the French empire for over 300 years (Ignitia.com editors). -
Period: 1013 to 1399
England
In 1014, England was overrun by the Danes, when King Ethelred the Unready, fled to Normandy while a new king was being crowned for England (Ignitia.com Editors). The Danes crowned Dane Canute as king in 1016 and during his reign, it was a peaceful time (Ignitia.com Editors). After Canute died, the English chose Edward to be king, he ruled from 1042 to 1066, after his reign, the king of Wessex took his place (Ignitia.com Editors).