Unit Two

By olivia.rooney16
  • 400

    Government

    Government
    Small Germanic kingdoms slowly replace Roman provinces and family ties and personal loyalty rather than personal citenzenship and law become the focus.
  • 500

    New Languages Develop

    New Languages Develop
    After common language was lost, different types of language started to develop. This eventually formed into French and Spanish.
  • Period: 500 to Oct 29, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • 511

    Uniting of the Franks

    Uniting of the Franks
    Covis brought Christianity to his people,and the Franks were united into one kingdom. Their main goal was to spread Christianity, and there were many monastaries and monks.
  • Nov 27, 636

    Muslims conquer Jerusalem

    Muslims conquer Jerusalem
    Muslim forces led by the Arab Rashidun Caliphs defeated the Eastern Roman/Byzantines at the Battle of Yarmouk, conquering Palestine.
  • Period: Oct 29, 751 to

    Carolingnian Dynasty

  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    Battle of Hastings
    The Norman-French of Duke William of Normandy and the the English army led by King Harold II around Hastings. King Harold ended up getting killed and the English lost.
  • Oct 30, 1075

    Banning of Lay Investure

    Banning of Lay Investure
    Controversy broke out from the attire worn by religous figures such as priests and the pope. it was later resolved in 1122 through the Concordat of Worms
  • Period: Nov 20, 1096 to Nov 20, 1270

    Crusades

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrusadesA battle between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in order to kill whoever was not Christian.
  • Nov 27, 1096

    Jews are attacked during the Crusades

    Jews are attacked during the Crusades
    In the First Crusade, many thriving communities of Jews were killed in the areas of Rhine and Danube.
  • May 26, 1176

    Battle of Legnano

    Battle of Legnano
    A battel between the subjects of the Holy Roman Empire, and the members of the Lombard League, an alliance made to counter the Holy Roman Empire. After the battle of Legnano, the Holy Roman Empire, led by Frederick I Barbarossa,also king of Germany, lost.
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Andocument forced on the king for laws of equality by his subjects the fuedal barons
  • Nov 1, 1235

    European Invasion

    European Invasion
    Maguars from the east would not settle, but they would capture slaves. Vikings would just go on raids, but Muslims from the South conquered and settled.
  • Nov 27, 1295

    Parliament is formed in England

    Parliament is formed in England
    Established that the king could not levy or collect taxes except for the fuedal tax
  • Nov 27, 1313

    Vernacular Languages

    Vernacular Languages
    After the split of the church, vernacular languages Spanish and French formed.
  • Period: Nov 20, 1337 to Nov 20, 1453

    Hundred Years' War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years'_Wa</a>A series of conflict between the kingdoms of England and the kingdoms of France
  • Period: Nov 20, 1340 to Nov 20, 1400

    Bubonic Plauge-Black Death

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plagueA plauge in which huge pus filled blisters would appear. Muslims and Jews were often blamed for this because Christians believed God was punishing them for their sins.
  • Nov 1, 1347

    Secular Power

    Secular Power
    Pope Gregory I wanted secular power so he could expand religous autority. He had a vision for Christidom to be expanded and strengthened.
  • Nov 27, 1414

    Great Schism

    Great Schism
    a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417.
  • May 27, 1431

    Joan of Arc is burned at the stake as a heretic

    Joan of Arc is burned at the stake as a heretic
    While Joan was being burned alive for associating with the devil, she kept repeating Jesus' name over and over to give her strength while holding a wooden cross
  • Nov 1, 1461

    Loss of Language

    Loss of Language
    After the decline of the former western Roman Empire, there was a loss of common language, such as Greek, which was te language that the most important works of literature, science, and philosopy were in, so many important works were lost

  • Crowning of Charlemagne by the Pope

    Crowning of Charlemagne by the Pope
    Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. was crowned king after his father Pepin the Short stopped ruling. Charles the great regularly visited every part of the kingdom and encouraged learning, causing monastaries to open schools and expand their libraries,

  • Germans Invade Former Western Roman Empire

    Germans Invade Former Western Roman Empire
    Germans invade the former Western Roman Empire and destroy and make changes to language, government, and culture

  • Downfall of Carlemagne's Empire

    Downfall of Carlemagne's Empire
    Carlemagne 's only son inerits the throne, who was not a strong ruler and leaves it to tree sons, who fougt over it and eventually just split the lands.
  • Period: to

    Reign of Charlemagne