___________(500-1500 CE)ish

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___________(500-1500 CE)ish
Ancient World
Middle Ages Modern Time

• Time between Ancient World and Modern Time
• Aka the Medieval Period
• Latin
• Medium middle
• Aevum age

Divided into 3 categories of time Early
Middle Ages 500-1000 High Middle Ages
1000-______ Late Middle Ages
1300- _____ By 1500- Middle Ages very different
then in 500 Knights and Castles outdated because
of G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N_ _ _ _ _ _ _
discovered Nations established and ruled by
great kings
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• What led to the Middle Ages?
• Collapse of R_________ Empire
• Capital moved to _____________
• Invasion of the H_______ (think Attila)
• Invasions of Franks
• Nomadic, Germanic f/ Northern Europe
• Empire replaced by smaller kingdoms
• Trade routes to Rome cut off
• Small groups cluster and set up own culture
  (typically a mix of both Roman Barbarian)
• __________________________________
• Takes over kingdom at 29(ish) yrs old leader of
  the F___________
• Could barely read and write, but great leader
• 6 ft 4 in
• United most of Western Europe
• Pope crowns him
• Implies Pope is more powerful?
• Emperor has spiritual power given by Pope?
• (leads to beginning of struggle between Church
  and State)

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• Accomplishment
• Writing (CAPITAL lower case letters)
• Spread Christianity kingdom (Later the Holy
  Roman Empire)
• Fairer laws (pay st. not family)
• Divide kingdom into counties
• Missi domenici
• Eyes and ears of the king
• Middle Ages up until this point are called the
  Dark Ages (barbarians officially settle)

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Hundred Years War

• 1337-1453
• Dispute over leaders, trade routes (Eng.
  Channel), and land
• King Charles of France
• (Edward III of Eng Charles mothers brothers
  son or
• Philip IV of Fr- Charles cousin)??

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Yellow France Gray England Red major battles
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Joan of Arc

• 1412-1431
• Heard voices at a young age went to King Charles
  VII
• Led France to victory (led to Charles Victory)
• Captured by English- tried for witchcraft and
  burned at the stake
• King Charles did not help her
• 24 yrs after her execution Joan found innocent

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Results

• New weapons (Eng won many battles b/c of longbow)
• Castles outdated
• Kings need large armies not knights
• National Identity
• Boundaries of France and England

Joan of Arc depicted at Battle of Orleans, France