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Chronology of the High Middle Ages. Please draw the following timeline in your notebook. . 1066 C.E. 1056 C.E. 1077 C.E . 1095 C.E . 1347 C.E. 1298 C.E. 1001 C.E. 1054 C.E. 1215 C.E. 1189 C.E. 1241 C.E. 1337 C.E. 1381 C.E. 1429 C.E. 1492 C.E. 1202 C.E. 1417 C.E. 1130 C.E.
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Chronology of the High Middle Ages Please draw the following timeline in your notebook. 1066 C.E. 1056 C.E. 1077 C.E. 1095 C.E. 1347 C.E. 1298 C.E. 1001 C.E. 1054 C.E. 1215 C.E. 1189 C.E. 1241 C.E. 1337 C.E. 1381 C.E. 1429 C.E. 1492 C.E. 1202 C.E. 1417 C.E. 1130 C.E. 1439 C.E. 1453 C.E. 1122 C.E. 1118 C.E. 1088 C.E. 1378 C.E. 1099 C.E.
Earldom of Orkney • Kingdom of Alba • North Kemr • Ulaidh • Ailech • Oriel • Connaught • Meath • Leinster • Munster • Bernicia • Danemark • England • Isle of Wight • Comte of Flanders • Armorica • Kingdom of Pamplona • March of Spain • Comte of Toulouse • Kingdom of Burgundy • Corsica • LugduraArborea & Galura • Caralis • Zirid Kingdom • Emirate of Sicily • Papal States • Duchy of Gasta • Duchy of Naples • Duchy of Benevento • Duchy of Amalfe • Salerno • Venice • Dioclea • Rashka • Bosnia • Principality of Ajtony • Moldavie • Abodrites • Union of the Veleti • Pomeranians
1001 C.E. Lief Ericson discovers North America. L'Anse aux Meadows is a Viking settlement in Newfoundland which was discovered in 1960. The Sod home pictured above is a reconstruction, but there is clear evidence of a Norse settlement that supported between 30 and 160 people. 1001 C.E.
1054 C.E. Pope Leo IX excommunicates the Patriarch of Constantinople which leads to the East- West Schism of Christianity. 1054 C.E.
1056 C.E. Henry IV becomes Holy Roman Emperor. This will lead to the Investiture Controversy between Henry and Pope Gregory VII over who had power to control appointments, or investitures, of church officials such as bishops and abbots. 1056 C.E.
1066 C.E. William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy invades England and becomes King. (Battle of Hastings) The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 meters long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England. 1066 C.E.
1077 C.E. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor walks barefoot through the snow and waits outside for three days to ask forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII. Henry had recently been excommunicated by the Pope for declaring that the Pope was deposed. 1077 C.E.
1088 C.E. The University of Bologna becomes the first institution of higher learning in Europe. 1088 C.E.
1095 C.E. Pope Urban II calls for the Crusades. Over the next 177 years, there would be a total of nine separate crusades against the Muslims. Earlier that same year, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos had asked the Pope for help against the Seljuk Turks who had conquered Anatolia. 1095 C.E.
1099 C.E. Jerusalem is captured by the crusaders of the first crusade. Jewish and Muslim inhabitants of the city fought side by side and were slaughtered indiscriminately by the crusaders. 1099 C.E.
1118 C.E. The Knights Templar are founded. This Christian military Order would become one of the most powerful military and economic forces in Western Europe and was a major player in the crusades. It was disbanded in 1312 after facing widespread criticism for economic and political corruption and mismanagement. 1118 C.E.
1122 C.E. • The concordant of Worms. This was an agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, made near the city of • Worms which helped resolve the • Investiture Controversy. • King has secular authority • Pope has sacred authority • Pope becomes figurehead • apart from Holy Roman Emperor • Eventually brings an end to the • belief in the divine right of kings 1122 C.E.
1130 C.E. The Kingdom of Sicily is founded. By 1091, the Normans had taken control of Sicily from the Muslims. It became the Kingdom of the two Sicilies in1816 when it joined the Kingdom of Naples. It joined the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. . 1130 C.E.
1189 C.E. Richard I (The Lionheart) becomes King of England. Richard is famous for being one of the military leaders of the third crusade in which he fought against Saladin. 1189 C.E.
1202 C.E. The Siege of Zara. Because the crusaders of the fourth crusade did not have enough money to pay their venetian contractors, they agreed to sack the catholic city of Zara (Croatia) which had rebelled against the Venetians. Two years later in 1204, they also sacked Constantinople and never even reached the Holy Land. 1202 C.E.
1215 C.E. King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta by his Barons. This event would have a serious impact on governments around the world by beginning to limit the power of the monarch. 1215 C.E.
1241 C.E. Gunpowder is first used in Europe. At the Battle of Mohi, the Mongols used gunpowder against the Hungarians. Earliest picture of a European cannon, Walter de Milemete, 1326. 1241 C.E.
1298 C.E. Marco Polo publishes his book about his travels. He had travelled with his father and uncle all throughout Asia and had supposedly met and befriended the Mongol Khan. This journey took 24 years. 1298 C.E.
1337 C.E. The Hundred Years War begins when King Edward III of England refused to pay homage to King Philip VI of France. Since William the Conqueror invaded England (1066), the English King had been a vassal of the French King. 1337 C.E.
1347 C.E. The Black Deathreaches Europe. Over the next 3 years, it would take the lives of 30- 60% of Europe's total population. 1347 C.E.
1378 C.E. The Western Schism. Three popes are all elected at the same time and all claim to have authority. 1378 C.E.
1381 C.E. The Peasants’ Revolt in England. The rebels wanted lower taxes, an abolishment of serfdom and the removal of the King's senior officials and law courts. The revolt ended in the execution of 1,500 peasants and heavily influenced the course of the Hundred Years War by deterring parliament from raising taxes to pay for military campaigns in France. 1381 C.E.
1417 C.E. The Western Schism comes to an end with the Council of Constance. Pope Martin V is elected pope. 1417 C.E.
1429 C.E. Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans. This turned the tide in the 100 years war in favor of the French. Joan claimed she had received visions from God telling her to drive out the English. A year later, she was captured by the English and found guilty of heresy for which she was burned alive in 1431. 1429 C.E.
1439 C.E. The printing press and movable type are invented by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany. 1439 C.E.
1453 C.E. The Hundred Years War Ends with a French victory. This war saw the formation of the first permanent armies in Europe since the Roman Empire and the rapid evolution of firearms and military strategy. 1453 C.E.
1453 C.E. Constantinople falls to the Ottomans. The Byzantine Empire is finally finished and Islam establishes a new empire in Eastern Europe. 1453 C.E.
1492 C.E. The Reconquista is completed. 1492 C.E.
1492 C.E. Christopher Columbus discovers the new world. One of a few major events at the time which brings the world into the “Modern Era.” 1492 C.E.