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Clovis defeated the last Roman Army in Western Europe, then he took control of most of the Germanic Kingdoms. Although the Franks grew rich from their conquests, their central government did not last long. Eventually, the Frankish land broke into smaller local kingdoms.
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About in 529 A.D., Benedict organized a monastery in central Italy.
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Frankish general Charles Martel crushed an invading Muslim army at Tours, France. He decisively halted the Islamic advance into Europe.
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Raiders, known as Vikings, from Scandinavia made their first raid on Irish soil.
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Pope Leo ||| crowns Charlemagne as emperor in Rome on Christmas day.
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After winning the Battle of Hastings, the Norman duke was now "the conqueror" of England. He and his army fought their way across the land,burning, and looting. On Christmas Day 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned king of England
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Peter the Hermit's "army" of untrained men, women, and children were not prepared for the long journey to the Middle East. By 1099, the crusaders had captured Jerusalem.
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Some of King Henry the Second's knights believed that the king was calling for Becket's death. They traveled to Canterbury and murdered the archbishop in the church itself.
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Rebellious barons forced King John to sign a document that promised them certain rights. This document came to be known as the Magna Carta.
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Although several more crusades were launched, the crusaders were slowly forced out of the Holy Land. Finally, in 1291, Egyptian Muslims defeated the last crusader state.
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Victims of the Bubonic Plague died within a few days, often in terrible agony, with their bodies covered in bubbles, or swellings. At the time people called the epidemic "The Great Dying". Much later it came to be known as the Black Death.
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Ferdinand and Isabella, after marrying each other, now concentrated on conquering Granada, the last Muslim territory. The city fell in 1492.
