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Timeline of the Middle Ages. 1066- Norman conquest of England . William the Conquerer invades from Normandy and successfully takes over England Builds castles Loyalty changes from personal lords to the crown Sets up the Domesday (or Doomsday) Book First national census.
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1066- Norman conquest of England • William the Conquerer invades from Normandy and successfully takes over England • Builds castles • Loyalty changes from personal lords to the crown • Sets up the Domesday (or Doomsday) Book • First national census
1099- First crusade • Pope Urban II calls knights to crusade • Deus volt- God wills it! • Promised the crusaders who fought absolution from their sins • Jerusalem eventually retaken from the Muslims
1147- Second crusade • Edessa taken by the Muslims- entire city slaughtered or sold into slavery • Hospitallers, Templars and Teutonic Knights formed • Sieged Damascus, but couldn’t hold the siege • “having practically accomplished nothing, the inglorious ones returned home”
1189- Third crusade • Saladin united the Muslims and captured Jerusalem in 1187 • Rulers fought- King Philip Augustus of France, King Richard I (the lion-hearted) of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany • Crusaders captured Acre • Saladin and Richard I came to a truce- Christians permitted to visit Jerusalem without paying tribute and have free access to holy places • Muslims, led by Saladin, recaptured Jerusalem
1202- Fourth crusade • Called by Innocent III • Captured Constantinople instead of Jerusalem • Crusaders seized Christian city Zara to gain Venetian support ($) • Saw more $ in Constantinople • Burned the city • Slaughtered the inhabitants • Destroyed monuments • Carried away any movable wealth • Constantinople then eventually fell to the Turks (Muslims)- 250 years later
1212- Children’s crusade • Children were convinced they would be protected by God • Gathered 30,000 followers- all children • Some died of exhaustion • The Mediterranean did not part for them to cross • Boarded 7 boats and were never heard from again
1215- Magna Carta signed • Latin for “Great Charter” • Between barons of England and King John • Barons rebelled against John’s power when he tried to raise taxes after defeat in northern France • Attempt to stop the king from abusing his power at the suffering of his people • John constantly demanded money (taxes) and men but wasn’t militarily successful and lost land in France • John also angered the Roman Catholic Church • Excommunication and heresy
1297- Mel Gibson stars in Braveheart • Not really… he played William Wallace who led a Scottish rebellion when Edward I tried to claim power over Scotland • “Alba gubrath”- Scotland forever! • Defeated in 1298 • Wallace escaped but was captured in 1305 and charged with treason • Wallace argued he never swore allegiance to the King • Hung, drawn and quartered in 1305
1337- Hundred Years’ War begins • Edward III declared war on Philip VI because he believed he was the heir to the French throne • England vs. France • Led to the War of the Roses in England after it’s close • Rising sense of national pride (nationalism) in both countries • Helps the French become France- idea of the nation
1347- Black Death ravages Europe • Started in Messina from merchant ships • Highly contagious- spread pneumonically (through the air) and through bites from infected fleas and rats • Symptoms • Headache, chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, back pain, soreness in arms and legs, aversion to light • Hard, painful lumps on neck, under arms, inner thighs • Lumps turned black, split open- may grow to size of an orange • Death less than a week later • Death toll: 25 million • 20-40% dead in first year • Divine punishment? • Massacred Jews • Turned inward • YOLO
1429- Joan of Arc • Started hearing voices ordering her to save France at 13 • Asked to be taken to the Dauphin • Obtained troops from him and saved Orleans from the English • Couldn’t deliver Paris- Dauphin crowned at Reims • Captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English in 1430 • Condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake in 1431
1453- Hundred Years’ War ends • Fought entirely on French soil • Series of wars • Reduced population of France by half • Bordeaux surrendered; Calais is last remaining English possession in France
1455- Wars of the Roses begins • Civil wars fought in England 1455-1487 • House of Lancaster (red rose) vs. House of York (white rose) • Causes: • More than one direct descendent of Edward III • Henry VI unpopular • Powerful nobles with their own armies • Henry VI mentally ill • Henry Tudor (Lancaster) won, became Henry VII and married Elizabeth (York) and their son was Henry VIII
1455- Johann Gutenberg prints Bible on printing press • Invented printing press in 1448 • Before: books were written and copied by hand • Bibles printed in Latin • 200 copies were made • All had beautiful illustrations and vibrant colors • Only 22 exist today