Middle Ages, Kieran Rus, and the Byzantine Empire

Rulers

Constantine

  • Constantine moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople

  • Ruled from 306 to 337 AD

  • founded the city, the Eastern Roman Empire continued to thrive after his death

Justinian

  • Most significant Byzantine Empire ruler, ruled duiring golden age

  • Systemizes roman legal code

  • Extremely rapid expanision

  • Doesn’t really come close to gaining all roman lands but still expands a lot

Vladimir

  • Ruled Kievan Rus from 980 to 1015 AD

  • Had to choose religion, chooses orthodoxy

  • Develops russion orthodox church

Yuroslav

  • Kievan Rus ruler

  • Develops and issues unifying law code

Pope Urban

  • gave speech that sparked the crusades

  • “those who fought jn the wars would be absolved of their sins and emsured a spot in heaven.”

Charlemagne

  • Ruled the Frankish Kingdom from 800 - 814

  • power legitimized becuase he had consent of the Pope

  • empire dedclined after Charlemagne’s death

  • Charlemagne maintained fedualism

Battles and Treaty’s

Battle of Tours

100 Years war

Treaty of Verdun

Battle of Hastings

Crusades

Other

Great Schism

  • Great spilt

  • as roman empire splits we start to see a split in christanity

Magna Carta

  • Presidents and Kings are not above the law

Manoralism

  • econmic organization between landlords and peasant laborers

  • no need for trade

  • serfs had more rights than slaves

Feudalism

  • system of social and political organization based on a heirarchy of lords ans vassals where land ownership was ged for military service and loyalty.

Guilds

  • organizations that grouped people im the same business or trade in a single city

Hagia Sophia

  • light, dome, minarets, mosaics

  • greatest Byzantine building

  • liight was a symbol of god