The Middle Ages
Timeline
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529 Foundation of Monte Cassino, first Benedictine monastery |
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610–32 The Koran |
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8th–10th centurie Beowulf• Latin lyrics, saints’ lives, and histories |
8th–10th centuries Invasions of Western Europe by Arabs, Norsemen, and Magyars |
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800 Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor |
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899 |
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11th century |
11th century |
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1066 Norman invasion of England |
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1099 |
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12th century |
12th century |
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1187 |
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13th century Fabliaux • Romance of the Rose • Thorstein the Staff-Struck |
13th century Age of the great cathedrals and of scholastic philosophy |
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1226 |
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1274 |
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1301–21 |
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1337 |
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1348–50 |
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1353 Boccaccio, The Decameron |
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1380? |
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1384 |
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1386–1400 |
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14th century |
14th century |
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15th century |
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1453 |
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1455 |
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ca. 1470 |
1492 |
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1495? |