Middle Ages Timeline Song

Since declining of Rome
No central government to take control
Roads, bridges, and economies decaying
Medieval times, the Middle Ages

Since declining of Rome
No central government to take control
The Catholic Church more control they obtained it
Medieval times, the Middle Ages

Before this Roman Empire ruled much of Europe
But they fell in 476 to Germanic tribes that invaded, ok Dark Ages
Loss of art, history, culture, no government to record it
Barbaric kingdoms rule and then convert the people to Catholic

Clovis, now King of Franks, the former province of Gaul
Franks defeat the Muslims in the Battle of Tours
Charlemagne, King of Franks, crowned Holy Roman Emperor
With plans to spread Christian faith through land he conquered

Bringing Western Europe together, reuniting
A new environment to explore arts and learning
But by the late 800s, the empire was divided 
And northern Europe is invaded by the Vikings
Defeated by Alfred the Great
1000 AD, city-states

Since declining of Rome
No central government to take control
Roads, bridges, and economies decaying
Medieval times, the Middle Ages

Since declining of Rome
No central government to take control
The Catholic Church more control they obtained it
Medieval times, the Middle Ages

Now Europe society based on the feudal system
A hierarchy of people trading their service for land
King to Baron to Lord to the Noblemen on to the Peasants
The manor, agricultural estate where these people are living
1000 to 1300 is called the High Middle Ages
Agriculture flourished, castles built, increasing trading

1066 William of Normandy conquered Britain
Made himself king after defeating the Anglo-Saxons
Created a stable kingdom, strong central government
Finally we have stability in France and England, next up it’s

1215, England rebels oppose King John
They have him sign a document called the Magna Carta
This gives rights to the people, no king is above this law
And later influenced the U.S. Constitution

1337 Hundred Years War begins
When Edward the third of England declared war on France
Soon after that Black Death disease begins to spread
Fatal disease killing many people in Europe

You have heard of Joan of Arc
Wins the Battle of Orleans
But she’s captured by England
And executed at nineteen
Gutenberg, he invents the printing press

Since declining of Rome
No central government to take control
Roads, bridges, and economies decaying
Medieval times, the Middle Ages

Since declining of Rome
No central government to take control
The Catholic Church more control they obtained it
Medieval times, the Middle Ages