476 Fall of Rome

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R E N A I S S A N C E R E F O R M A T I O N

• Feudalism Begins
• Strict division of class by control of land
• Manor system develops

• Cathedrals begin to be built
• Feudalism begins to decline

• 800 -1100 Middle Ages (Medieval times)
• Church gains political, economic and social
  power over daily life

• 476 Fall of Rome
• People move out of cities
• Large land owners become new noble class
• No organized government
• Society is a combination of Germanic tribe
  traditions and the heritage of Rome

• 500 800 Dark Ages
• Characterized by little political, economic, and
  social development
• Muslim invasions stopped, by Charles Martel,
  from entering France
• Ends with Charlemagne

• Begin 1096 1300s Crusades
• Growth of trade
• Growth of towns (charters)
• Decreased power of lords
• Increased power of Kings
• Rise of Middle class richness is based on
  wealth not land
• Spread of ideas

• 1300 1400 High Middle Ages
• Restructuring of society around wealth and
  merchant class
• Plague causes people to question beliefs
• Writings and learning of Romans and Greeks
  resurface
• Beginnings of life focused on the individual and
  not salvation