The document summarizes important events during the Middle Ages in Europe, including the decline of the Roman Empire, rise of barbarian tribes, and establishment of the feudal system. It discusses the Crusades launched by the Catholic Church to retake the Holy Land and the impact of the Black Death plague. The plague caused widespread death and labor shortages, leading peasants to demand higher wages and sparking revolts against the feudal system and church.

1. By: Facundo L. and Nicolás I.

2. Most Important Events:
Decline of Roman Empire.
Rise of Northern Europe.
New forms of government.
Heavy “Romanization”, religion, language,
laws, etc.

3. Dark Ages:
Between 500 C.E – 1000 C.E Barbarian
(forces of darkness) attacked Romans
(forces of light).
Some barbarians become Roman
Emperors and had grated barbarian
mercenary land with the Roman Empire in
return for military services
and barbarians become
new rulers.

4. Barbarians migrated to areas given by
Romans.
As barbarians moved westward, other
tribes were forced to move.
Groups were categorized by language and
little else.
Celtic: Gauls, Britons, Bretons.
Germanic: Goths, Franks, Vandals,
Saxons.
Slavic: Wends.

5. Charlemagne was a great military general
and “Emperor of all Romans”.
He made a dynasty that would last more
that 700 years.
Charlemagne imposed order through
Church and state.

6. Most important events:
The Feudal system.
The Crusades.
The Rise of Parliament.

7. The Crusades were military campaigns
sanctioned by the Catholic Church. Pope
Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade in
1091 with the stated goal of restoring
Christian access to the Holy Land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIs5B2
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8. Effect of crusades.
Guiles and communes.
Town cities and manor.

9. Increasing violence and lawless
countyside.
Weak turn to the strong protaction, strong
want something to the weak.
A man`s word was the cornerston of the
social life.

11. Most Important Events:
The Black Death.
 the Peasant Revolt.
The War of Roses.

12. After the black death, there were left a very
small group of peasants, so they wanted to
get more money because there were very
little peasants.
The church want to stop them because
they didn`t want that the peasant grow.

13. It was a sickness transmitted by rats.
This plague spread throughout Europe in
the years 1346-1353 .
It killed a lot of people, especially peasants
because they couldn’t pay a “good” doctor.
After these it started the “Peasant Revolt”.

14. Joan Of Arc (A Hundred Years War).
Roger Bacon (Gunpower).
Johannes Gutenberg (Printing Press).
Etc.