Last week we started to learn about the Fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of Middle Ages. Pay atTention to the cronology; The Middle Ages started around the 5th century . Historians believe that the date of 476 AD -the fall of Rome- was the beginning of a new era. In reality, from the 3rd century, the Western Roman Empire had a lot of problems inside and outside its frontiers.
But remember! When we talk about the Fall of the Roman Empire we are talking mostly about the Western Roman Empire; there was also the Eastern Roman Empire -Byzantine Empire-, where the culture, laws, customs, religion etc continued even after the fall.
Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was conquered by muslims Ottoman Turkish in 1453. Traditionally this date marks the end of Middle Ages and the start of a new Modern Period (15th-18th centuries).
Meanwhile in Western Europe, a lot of barbarian tribes conquered the old Roman Empire -Vandals, Frankish, Anglos, Saxons, Longobards...- in the Iberian Peninsula, for example, the visigoths had created a new kingdom before the muslim invasion. In 800 AD in Aaghen, Germany, Charles the Great (Charlemange, Carolus Magnus) became so strong and powerful like a roman emperor. His kingdom would later become the Caroligian Empire with huge areas in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and parts of Spain.
What were the differences between the west and the east during the Middle Ages?,
Were muslims a common ennemy?
What was society like?
We'll learn...
But remember! When we talk about the Fall of the Roman Empire we are talking mostly about the Western Roman Empire; there was also the Eastern Roman Empire -Byzantine Empire-, where the culture, laws, customs, religion etc continued even after the fall.
Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was conquered by muslims Ottoman Turkish in 1453. Traditionally this date marks the end of Middle Ages and the start of a new Modern Period (15th-18th centuries).
Meanwhile in Western Europe, a lot of barbarian tribes conquered the old Roman Empire -Vandals, Frankish, Anglos, Saxons, Longobards...- in the Iberian Peninsula, for example, the visigoths had created a new kingdom before the muslim invasion. In 800 AD in Aaghen, Germany, Charles the Great (Charlemange, Carolus Magnus) became so strong and powerful like a roman emperor. His kingdom would later become the Caroligian Empire with huge areas in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and parts of Spain.
What were the differences between the west and the east during the Middle Ages?,
Were muslims a common ennemy?
What was society like?
We'll learn...
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