"The upheaval of the early middle ages ended not in a collapse of civilization but in its renewal. and the first two early medieval centuries set the patterns for how this renewal would later take place in western and eastern Europe."
- the two centuries after the fall of Rome were a time of turmoil in Europe that would continue for five hundred years- a half millennium that counts as the "early" part of the middle ages.
- in the Germanic kingdoms that had taken over the western half of the roman empire
- roman institutions gradually stopped working
- cities ceased to be centers if trade and social life
- warfare became more important than education and culture in the lives of the upper classes
- the roman empire's surviving eastern half contributed to western Europe's chaos by efforts at reconquest, and then itself came under attack by newly powerful neighbors
medieval- refers to the distinctive civilization of the middle ages which developed in Europe after the disintegration of the roman empire and before the emergence of the modern west
noble- a member of the warrior-landowner group that formed the elite of medieval Europe
5th century - Angles and Saxons invade Britain
486- Clovis leads Frankish confederacy against Romans and rival Germanic invaders in Gaul
527-565- reign of emperor Justinian in the eastern empire
542- plague hits Egypt, then spreads throughout the Mediterranean area and much of western Europe
568- Lombard conquer most of northern Italy
570-632- life of Muhammad
595- missionaries sent by the pope begin to convert the pagans of England
711- Muslim invasion of Spain
800- Slavs occupy almost all of eastern Europe
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