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1027 BCE
Truce of God
set in 1027 CE and outlawed all fighting from thurday to monday morning, on important -
989 BCE
Peace of God
a set of decrees issued in 989 CE that prohibited stealing church property, assaulting clerics, peasants and women with the theat of excommunication from Church. -
Period: 527 BCE to 565 BCE
Justinian the Great
goal to reunite the roman world as a christian Empire and suppressed all paganism -
481 BCE
Merovingian
Leader in 481 CE was Clovis I- he united Frankish tribes and expanded territory. -
Period: 400 to 700
Monasticism and Saints
Established between 400 -700 communities called monasteries which became centres of education, literacy and learning. -
Period: 500 to 1000
Dark Ages
Scholars named this as a time when the forces of darkness (barbarians) overwhelmed the forces of light (Romans)