Medieval Europe timeline

The Fall of Rome - 476 CE

First Crusade brought fine silks, satins, damasks, brocades, and velvets from the Far East - 1095 CE

Normans invade England and introduce French fashion to the English court - 1066 CE

Eleanor of Aquatine made simpler clothes more fashionable - 1152 CE

King Edward III passed sumptuary laws to ensure that only the rich could wear expensive clothes - 1336CE

Part of the Tower of London, The White Tower, was built in 921 CE - It is still open

The Limbourg brothers began The Book of Hours for The Duke of Berry - 1411CE

Dynamics were added to sheet music - 1700CE

Guido de Arezzo invented the solfege scale which is still used today - 1000CE

"folk" music was looked down upon by the Church as borderline blasphemous - 1100CE

The first cookbook ''The Little Treatise' written - 1306CE

The First Crusade brought spices and foods from the Middle East - 1095CE

The Black Death spread across Europe, killing farmers and therefore causing a food shortage - 1328CE

Before the First Crusade brought spices in 1100CE, honey was the only way to sweeten food

Dark Ages 500CE - 1000CE

High Middle Ages 1000CE - 1200CE

Late Middle Ages 1300CE - 1500CE

Romanesque Architecture in fashion. (characterized by round shapes and grand columns) 1066 CE - 1200 CE

Gothic Architecture in fashion (characterized by stained-glass windows, gargoyles, tall spires, turrets, and pointed arches.) 1200 CE - 1500 CE

Gregorian Chant Developed 590CE - 604CE