Medieval Europe Overview
Category: History
Updated: 25 May 2025
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Created byTeneke Wedmaier
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Pope Gregory I is elected (590CE)William I crowned king of England (1066CE)Black death in Europe (1347CE)Charlemagne - "Holy Roman Emperor"Invention of the printing press (1440CE)Poland adopts Christianity (966CE)Hungary adopts Christianity (1000CE)Pope Urban II launches 1st Crusade (1095CE)2nd Crusade begins (1147CE)3rd Crusade begins (1189CE)Crusaders conquer Jerusalem (1099CE)Turks reconquer Jerusalem (1187CE)4th Crusade begins (1189CE)Peasants revolt in England (1381CE)Magna Carta (1215CE)Fall of Constantinople (1453CE)Columbus sails for the Americas (1492CE)Domesday book completed (1086CE)Feudalism begins (800CE)Periods
Crusades (1096-1291CE)After Fall of Rome (c.400-600CE)Early Medieval Period (c.590-1000CE)Late Medieval Period (c.1000-1500CE)Localised economies and decline of trade (c.500-100CE)Revival of Trade and Commercial Growth (c.1000-1300)Rise of Commercial networks and financial systems (c.1300-1500)Preservation of Knowledge in a Fragmented world (c.500-1000CE)Growth of church-sponsored education and intellectual revival (c.1000-1300 CE)Rise of universities and literature (c.1300-1440CE)Islam - Qur'an and literacy (c.600-900CE)Islam - Intellectual and scientific learning (c.900-1200CE)Islam - (c.1200-1500CE)Early Feudal system begins (c.600-900CE)Feudal system grows stronger (c.900-1100CE)Growth of Towns and Castles (c.1100-1347CE)Gradual breakdown of feudalism (c.1347-1500CE)Charlemagne (c.747-814CE)Printing press and rise in Literacy (c.1440-1500CE)
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