Turning Points in Medieval History

The Fall of Rome

King Arthur Defeats the Anglo-Saxons

Spain Becomes Al-Andalus

Charlemagne Founds the Palace School at Aachen

The Scandinavians Go “A-Viking”

King Alfred Burns Some Cakes

The Battle of Lechfeld

The Great Schism

William of Normandy Conquers England

Peter Abelard Is Castrated

Pope Urban II Calls the First Crusade

The Battle of Hattin

Eleanor of Aquitaine Gets a Divorce

No More Roman Numerals — The Liber Abaci

King John Accepts the Magna Carta

The Fourth Lateran Council

The Persecution of the Jews

Does It Seem Warm to You? The Little Optimum

Agricultural Advances

The Medieval World’s First Poet Laureate

The Black Death

Science, Medicine, and the University

Gutenberg’s Printing Press

Toward the Early Modern