https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs Realizzato con un tocco di stravaganza en-us 2016-09-18 13:51:06 UTC 2016-09-18 15:04:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Alarmclock.png pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124563830  In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. ]]> 2016-09-18 13:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124563830 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124564118

]]> 2016-09-18 14:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124564118 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124564789 After the fall of Rome, no single state or government united the people who lived on the European continent. Instead, the Catholic Church became the most powerful institution of the medieval period. Kings, queens and other leaders derived much of their power from their alliances with and protection of the Church.]]> 2016-09-18 14:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124564789 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124564955  After the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, Muslim armies conquered large parts of the Middle East, uniting them under the rule of a single caliph. At its height, the medieval Islamic world was more than three times bigger than all of Christendom. ]]> 2016-09-18 14:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124564955 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565051  Toward the end of the 11th century, the Catholic Church began to authorize military expeditions, or Crusades, to expel Muslim “infidels” from the Holy Land. Crusaders, who wore red crosses on their coats to advertise their status, believed that their service would guarantee the remission of their sins and ensure that they could spend all eternity in Heaven. ]]> 2016-09-18 14:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565051 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565121  Another way to show devotion to the Church was to build grand cathedrals and other ecclesiastical structures such as monasteries. Cathedrals were the largest buildings in medieval Europe, and they could be found at the center of towns and cities across the continent. ]]> 2016-09-18 14:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565121 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565169  In medieval Europe, rural life was governed by a system scholars call “feudalism.” In a feudal society, the king granted large pieces of land called fiefs to noblemen and bishops. Landless peasants known as serfs did most of the work on the fiefs: They planted and harvested crops and gave most of the produce to the landowner. In exchange for their labor, they were allowed to live on the land. They were also promised protection in case of enemy invasion. ]]> 2016-09-18 14:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565169 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565619

]]> 2016-09-18 14:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565619 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565897

]]> 2016-09-18 14:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124565897 pietrosimion https://padlet.com/pietrosimion/gvh32m64w7qs/wish/124567302 Charlemagne (c.742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany. He embarked on a mission to unite all Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and convert his subjects to Christianity. A skilled military strategist, he spent much of his reign engaged in warfare in order to accomplish his goals. In 800, Pope Leo III (750-816) crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans. In this role, he encouraged the Carolingian Renaissance, a cultural and intellectual revival in Europe. When he died in 814, Charlemagne’s empire encompassed much of Western Europe, and he had also ensured the survival of Christianity in the West. Today, Charlemagne is referred to by some as the father of Europe.

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