476-1453 ad
Roots of the beliefs
of the Roman Catholic Church
Overrun the western
half of the Roman Empire
Causing
disruption in trade, downfall of cities, and population shifts to rural areas
Decline of learning-
romance languages evolve
Germanic tribes
turned in Kingdoms
Warriors and knights
were loyal to their lord
Clovis rules the
franks in Gaul
496 battle field
conversion on Clovis
By 511 the Franks
were united in one kingdom, with Clovis and the church working as partners.
In 520- benedict
writes rules for the monks
His sister
Scholastica wrote similar rules for nuns
Pope Gregory 1 uses
church revenues to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies
The Venereal bead
wrote the history of England
Theocracy- the
government is involved with the church
Europe consisted of
small kingdoms
Battle of tours in
732
Charles Martel's son
is known as Pepin the short
Charlemagne meaning
Charles the great
Charlemagne- fought
muslims in spain, most powerful king in western europe, kept close watch on his
huge estates, son is luis the pious who had sons that split up the kingdom in
the Treaty of Verdun in 843 AD
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