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Highlights of the History of the Middle Ages

Battle of Hastings Reenacted in 2006 in Front of Battle Abbey
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Readings in the histories of the Dark Age and the Middle Ages as a whole by some of the greatest writers.

Some Years listed below are approximate.

Year	Title	Author(s)
486-511	Clovis Founds the Frankish Empire	François P.G. Guizot
534	Justinian Code Published	Edward Gibbon
610-632	Mohammad	Washington Irving\| \|Simon Ockley
636	Muslims Conquer Syria	Simon Ockley
640	Saracens Destroy the Great Library	Washington Irving
697	How Medieval Venice Was Governed	William C. Hazlitt
711	Saracens Invade Spain	Ahmed Ibn Mahomet Al-Makkari
732	Battle of Tours	Edward S. Creasy
751	The Carolingian Dynasty Begins	François P.G. Guizot
772-814	Charlemagne	François P.G. Guizot
817	Empire of the Franks Splits and Decays	François P. G. Guizot
827	Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy	David Hume
871-901	Alfred the Great’s Reign	Thomas Hughes\| \|John R. Green
969	Fatimites Conquer Egypt	Stanley Lane-Poole
988	Czar Vladimir Converts to Christianity	Andrew N. Mouravieff
1000	Vikings Reach America	Charles C. Rafn\| \|Saga Of Eric the Red, author unknown
1000	Muslims Invade India	Alexander Dow
1017	Canute Becomes King of England	David Hume
1048	Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy	Ferdinand Gregorovius\| \|Joseph Darras
1054	Orthodox, Catholics Split	Henry F. Tozer\| \|Joseph Deharbe
1066	Battle of Hastings	Sir Edward Creasy
1077	Hildebrand’s Papal Triumph	Arthur Robert Pennington\| \|Artaud De Montor
1086	Domesday Book Completed	Charles Knight
1095	Pope Launches Crusade	Jack Le Moine
1096-1099	The First Crusade	Sir George W. Cox
1118	Knights Templar Founded	Charles G. Addison
1135	Stephen Versus Matilda	Charles Knight
1146	Roger Ravages the Byzantine Empire	George Finlay
1155	Arnold of Brescia Versus Saint Bernard	Johann A. W. Neander
1162-1175	Genghis Khan Founds the Mongol Empire	Henry H. Howorth

Year	Title	Author(s)
1170	Becket’s Murder	Father John Lingard
1183	The Peace Of Constance Secures The Liberties Of The Lombard Cities	Ernest F. Henderson
1187	Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians	Sir George W. Cox
1189-1194	The Third Crusade	Henry Von Sybel
1190-1809	The Teutonic Knights	Frederick C. Woodhouse
1202	Philip Breaks the Angevin Empire	Kate Norgate
1204	Constantinople Taken by the Western Crusaders	Edwin Pears
1208	Zenith of Papal Power	Thomas F. Tout
1086-1214	Islamic Power Declines in Spain	Samuel A. Dunham
1204-1261	Crusader Empire Rules Constantinople	William J. Brodribb\| \|Sir Walter Besant
1215	The Magna Charta Signed	David Hume
1222	The Golden Bull “Hungary’s Magna Charta” Signed	Author known only as “E.O.S.”
1250	Mamelukes Usurp Power In Egypt	Sir William Muir
1258	How the House of Commons Began in England	John Lingard
1262	Tatars Conquer Russia	Alfred Rambaud
1270	Louis IX Leads The Last Crusade	Joseph François Michaud
1271	Height of the Mongol Power In China	Marco Polo
1273	Japan Repels The Mongols	Edward H. Parker\| \|Marco Polo
1273	Hapsburg Dynasty Founded	William Coxe
1282	The Sicilian Vespers	Michele Amari
1290	England Expels the Jews	Henry Hart Milman
1300-1318	Dante Composes he Divine Comedy	Richard William Church
1302	The War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France	Eyre Evans Crowe
1305	William Wallace, Braveheart	Sir Walter Scott
1308	First Swiss Struggle for Liberty	F. Grenfell Baker
1314	Battle of Bannockburn	Andrew Lang
1314	End of the Knights Templars	Frederick C. Woodhouse\| \|Henry Hart Milman
1336	The Beginning of the Vijayanagar Empire	Robert Sewell
1337	The King of England Claims Throne of France	François P. G. Guizot
1340	Battles that Began the 100 Years War	Sir John Froissart
1341	Modern Recognition of Scenic Beauty — Crowning of Petrarch at Rome	Jacob Burckhardt
1347	Rienzi’s Revolution in Rome	Richard Lodge
1348	The Black Death Reaches Europe	J. F. C. Hecker\| \|Giovanni Boccaccio
1354	The Turks Establish Foothold in Europe	Joseph Von Hammer-Purgstall
1358	The Hanseatic League’s Story	Harry Denicke

Year	Title	Author(s)
1358	The Jacquerie Rebellion	Jean Froissart
1365	Venice Doge’s Coup	Margaret Oliphant
1370-1405	Timur’s (Tamerlane) Conquests	Edward Gibbon
1374	Medieval Dancing Mania	J. F. C. Hecker
1378	Great Pope/Anti-Pope Schism Begins	Henry Hart Milman
1380	The House of Hohenzollern Established in Brandenburg	Thomas Carlyle
1381	Rebellion of Wat Tyler	John Lingard
1382	Wycliffe Translates The Bible Into English	J. Paterson Smyth
1386	The Swiss Win Independence	F. Grenfell Baker\| \|Lina Hug and Richard Stead
1397	Union of Denmark, Sweden and Norway	Paul C. Sinding
1399	Henry IV Begins Lancaster Rule	John Lingard
1415	The Trial and Burning of John Huss	Richard Chenevix Trench
1415	The Battle of Agincourt	James Gairdner
1429	Joan of Arc at Orleans	Sir Edward S. Creasy
1431	Joan of Arc’s Trial and Execution	Jules Michelet
1438	Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges	William H. Jervis and Réné François Rohrbacher
1453	Ottomans Conquer Constantinople	George Finlay
1455-1485	Wars of the Roses	David Hume
1456	John Hunyady Repulses the Turks	Ármin Vámbéry
1468	Burgundy’s Zenith	Paul Ferdinand Willert
1477	France Annexes Burgundy	Philippe De Comines
1490’s	Perkin Warbeck’s Rebellion	Francis Bacon
1500	Ivan the Great Unites Russia and Breaks the Tartar Yoke	Robert Bell

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General Topics
Title	Author(s)
Feudalism in France and England	William Stubbs
Chivalry	Léon Gautier
Early History of Printing	Henry George Bohn

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