Medieval Period Timeline by Jasmine

① 476 AD: Fall of the Western Roman Empire

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The Western Roman Empire becomes corrupted and finally getting to their end of absolute control over the Europeans due to the result for over centuries of depletion to its’ national powers. The consuming of military sources and people inside the empire has took great percentage for the main reasons. In 476 AD, the empire falls, experiencing through substantial economic losses, lost of battles and numerous invasions from other small states.

Early Middle Ages (Approx. 476 - 1000 AD):

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② 732 AD: Battle of Tours (Charles Martel defeats the Moors)

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The Battle of Tours created the legacy of Charles Martel against the Moors. It took place over a week in Poitiers of France, between the Frankish army led by Charles Martel against the invasion of Muslim armies. The Frankish has succeeded on defending their territory and the significance of Tours has occurred on Charles’s quick victory over the Umayyad power protecting the borders of Frankish lands.

③ 800 AD: Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

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Pope Leo III has crowned Charlemagne as "Holy Roman Emperor" in the 800. He has encouraged the renaissance of Carolingian and revival in Europe. For Charlemagne, it meant for his legitimacy to gain control over the church, enabling his rule more effectively. It also made him to have an equal of power and stature of the Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.

For the Pope, it meant that the Catholic Church will get the protection of the most powerful ruler in Europe.

④ 1066 AD: Norman Conquest of England (Battle of Hastings)

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The Norman Conquest over England from 1066AD - 1071AD was led by William the conqueror, defeating Kind Harold II at Battle of Hastings. As William redistributed land to his fellow Normans, the Anglo-Saxon elite loses their power. William I of England was later crowned on the Christmas Day and took fully control of England of the next five years.

High Middle Ages (Approx. 1000 - 1300 AD):

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① 1096-1099 AD: First Crusade

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The First Crusade - a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim invasions. According to the appeal of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, this journey is conceived by Pope Urban II. The Crusade has got it's success over the Christian forces taking control of Jerusalem in 1099AD.

② 1215 AD: Signing of the Magna Carta

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Due to King John's cruelty over the people has united feudal nobles against over his command on taxes and so.The Magna Carta is drawn up by English nobles and church leaders to limit the king’s power. In 1215 they forced the tyrannical King John to agree to the charter. The Magna Carta states that the king must follow the law and could not simply rule as he wished. It was one of the first documents to state that citizens had such rights.

③ 1347-1351 AD: The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

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Black Death, a pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347AD and 1351AD, has taken a proportionately toll of life then any other known epidemic or war up to that time. It is widely believed to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium. Research suggests that the plague was introduced into Europe multiple times, as a result of populations being infested by plague-carrying fleas.

④ 1337-1453 AD: Hundred Years' War (between England and France)

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The Hundred Years’ War, is an intermittent struggle between England and France over the 14th–15th century of a series disputes, including question like legitimate succession. The struggle has involved several generations of English and French claimants to the crown. By convention the war is said to have started with the confiscation of the English-held duchy of Guyenne by French King Philip VI.

Late Middle Ages (Approx. 1300 - 1500 AD):

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① 1337-1453 AD: Hundred Years' War (between England and France) continues

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After a short term stopping point, Henry V of England renewed the war and proved victorious at Agincourt, conquered Normandy. Then he had himself crowned as the future king of France by the Treaty of Troyes. Later Joan of Arc lifted the siege of Orleans. The end of the conflict was never marked by a peace treaty but died out because the English recognized that the French troops were too strong to be directly confronted.

② 1377-1399 AD: Reign of Richard II of England

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Richard II was born on January 6, 1367, Bordeaux, king of England from 1377 to 1399. He is an ambitious ruler, deposed by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke because of his arbitrary and factional rule. In the early years, Richard was the younger and only surviving son of Edward, the Black Prince.

③ 1453 AD: Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire

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The conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire has brought to an end of the Byzantine Empire. When the Ottomans has surrounded Constantinople's ancient land wall for 55 days. The fall of the city removed what was once a powerful defense for Christian Europe against Muslim invasion, allowing for uninterrupted Ottoman expansion into eastern Europe.

④ 1492 AD: Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

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Christopher Columbus — skilled sailor searching for western trade route on behalf of Spain has found land around Bahama. Marking the first known European contact with the Americas. The island which he landed was known by the indigenous Lucayan people, he later renamed it San Salvador.

This timeline provides a broad overview of significant events during the medieval period.

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