During the Middle Ages, society was corrupt, millions died from disease and Christians were slowly destroying Europe. It was the time period after the fall of Rome (500 AD) that lasted about one thousand years. During the Middle Ages, 30-60% of Europe’s population was wiped out by a sickness commonly referred to as the Black Death. Also, brutal religious wars known as the Crusades were occurring between Muslims and Christians to see who could gain control over the Holy Land, Jerusalem. The millions of deaths caused by the Black Death and the Crusades caused the Middle Ages to be a dark time in Europe's history.
The Black Death is a highly contagious and deadly disease that originated in Central Asia where it then travelled along the Silk …show more content…
The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by Pope Urban II to regain the Holy Land. In response to Turkish threats, the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I sent a message to Pope Urban II asking for military support. The pope wanted to reunite the Eastern and Western branches of Christendom. In response to Alexios’s request, Pope Urban II called catholic soldiers to join the East Crusade. Crusaders came from many different countries blending arts, religious beliefs and other types of culture. The Crusaders had to pay for their own journey which was nearly impossible even after selling all their lands and goods. This caused the Crusaders to pillage the countries they travelled through to afford the costs. Nobles and clergy created taxes during this time to pay for the damage done to the land which set a future template for taxation throughout Europe. Instead of returning the land they conquered to the Byzantines, Crusade leaders took the land for themselves. Muslims unified against the Christians who invaded and occupied their land. The Christians had complete control of Jerusalem for a short amount of time and became very violent in attempt to maintain power. Holy warfare became the “duty of God” and Crusaders expected heavenly rewards for killing. The People’s Crusade was responsible for the murder of thousands of Jews known as Rhineland …show more content…
Carolingia was a Frankish Empire that took over all of the Franks. When Charlemagne was ruling the Carolingia he conquered a lot of land for the Frankish Empire all over Western Europe. He achieved this by starting war campaigns against other empires. Two of these were empires were the Avars and the Saxons. The Saxons were taken over by the Franks and the Avars were no longer a threat the Frankish Empire. In order to support Charlemagne’s large empire he had to have a strong military and counts to control sections of his land under his name. He sent spies to make sure the counts were doing as commanded. Charlemagne was able to draft any healthy adult to the military and an ironworker was required to be in all regions of the empire to provide military support all throughout empire. Charlemagne found Christianity to be very important to him so he spread it all across his Empire and even forced people he conquered to convert. He made the capital of Carolingia, Aachen because it was a group of buildings that had political and religious purposes. Charlemagne built schools, preserved ancient writing and wrote his own law code which simplifies the laws written before his. Staff at the history channel said “Charlemagne’s empire encompassed much of Western Europe, and he had also ensured the survival of Christianity in the West” which summarizes his ruling
The Black Death is a highly contagious and deadly disease that originated in Central Asia where it then travelled along the Silk …show more content…
The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by Pope Urban II to regain the Holy Land. In response to Turkish threats, the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I sent a message to Pope Urban II asking for military support. The pope wanted to reunite the Eastern and Western branches of Christendom. In response to Alexios’s request, Pope Urban II called catholic soldiers to join the East Crusade. Crusaders came from many different countries blending arts, religious beliefs and other types of culture. The Crusaders had to pay for their own journey which was nearly impossible even after selling all their lands and goods. This caused the Crusaders to pillage the countries they travelled through to afford the costs. Nobles and clergy created taxes during this time to pay for the damage done to the land which set a future template for taxation throughout Europe. Instead of returning the land they conquered to the Byzantines, Crusade leaders took the land for themselves. Muslims unified against the Christians who invaded and occupied their land. The Christians had complete control of Jerusalem for a short amount of time and became very violent in attempt to maintain power. Holy warfare became the “duty of God” and Crusaders expected heavenly rewards for killing. The People’s Crusade was responsible for the murder of thousands of Jews known as Rhineland …show more content…
Carolingia was a Frankish Empire that took over all of the Franks. When Charlemagne was ruling the Carolingia he conquered a lot of land for the Frankish Empire all over Western Europe. He achieved this by starting war campaigns against other empires. Two of these were empires were the Avars and the Saxons. The Saxons were taken over by the Franks and the Avars were no longer a threat the Frankish Empire. In order to support Charlemagne’s large empire he had to have a strong military and counts to control sections of his land under his name. He sent spies to make sure the counts were doing as commanded. Charlemagne was able to draft any healthy adult to the military and an ironworker was required to be in all regions of the empire to provide military support all throughout empire. Charlemagne found Christianity to be very important to him so he spread it all across his Empire and even forced people he conquered to convert. He made the capital of Carolingia, Aachen because it was a group of buildings that had political and religious purposes. Charlemagne built schools, preserved ancient writing and wrote his own law code which simplifies the laws written before his. Staff at the history channel said “Charlemagne’s empire encompassed much of Western Europe, and he had also ensured the survival of Christianity in the West” which summarizes his ruling