Periods of the Middle Age

590 - 1073: Gregory I to Hildebrand or Gregory VII

1. Conversion of northern barbarians

2. Origin and progress of Islam

3. Seperation of West from East

4. Sometimes subdivided by Charlemagne (800), who founder the German-Roman Empire

1073  - 1294: Gregory VII - Boniface VIII

1. Height of papacy, monasticism, and scholasticism

2. Crusade

3. Conflict between Pope and Emperor

4. If we go back to Hildebrand, the period begins 1049

1294 - 1517: Boniface VIII to Reformation

1. Papal exile and schism

2. Reformatory councils

3. Decay of scholasticism, growth of mysticism

4. Art of printing

5. Discovery of America

6. Forrunners of protestantism

7. Dawn of reformation