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French History
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Baptism of Clovis
498
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-by Saint Remi at Reims
-Christmas Day
-Clovis consolidated the regions of Gaul
-considered the founder of France
Medieval Period
500 - 1400
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-Dark Ages (Decline of the Roman Empire) 400-1000 AD
-High Middle Ages 1100-1200
-Late Middle Ages 1300-1400
Romanesque Cathedrals
500 - 1200
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-inspired by Roman architecture
-round arches, sturdy pillars, small windows, dark
Charles Martel - Mayor of the Franks
686 - 741
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-halted Muslim advance
-buried at St Denis
Pépin le Bref - 1st King of the Franks
714 - 768
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-Protector of the Church
Charles Martel - leader of the Franks
717
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Battle of Tours
732
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-halted the spread of Muslims into Frankish territory & Western Europe
Battle of River Berre
737
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-Martel decisively defeat Muslims
Charlemagne
742 - 814
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-king of the Franks & Holy Roman Emperor
-humble, pious, pursued education, dignified, powerful warrior king
-greatest ruler of the Middle Ages
-protector of the Church
-Unified HRE/Europe, promoted education, equalized laws, founded feudal government, built churches, spread/ preserved Christianity
Coronation of Pépin le Bref
754
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-1st civil ruler crowned by Pope
-crowned at St. Denis
Donation of Pépin
756
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papal states
Charlemagne - King of the Franks
771
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-crowned King of the Franks at Reims
Coronation of Charlemagne of Holy Roman Empire
800
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Christmas Day
-Pope Leo III
Pope Urban II Preaches
1095
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calls for the 1st crusade:
-retake Jerusalem from Muslim control
-protect pilgrims
1st Crusade
1099
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-the People's Crusade
Victorious
The Crusades
1099 - 1204
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-attempts by Western European Christians to regain control of the Holy Land
Gothic Cathedrals
1100 - 1500
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-French invention
-pointed arches, stained glass, tall, ribbed arches, flying buttresses, gargoyles, light
Saint Denis - Royal Basilica & Cathedral
1135 - 1144
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-final resting place of Saint Denis, Bishop of Paris in martyred ca. 250 AD, popular place of pilgrimage 4th-6 century, then monastic abbey
-church originally constructed under Pepin le Bref & Charlemagne
-Abbot Suger's vision
-1st example of gothic architecture
-burial place of 43 French kings
2nd Crusade
1149
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-Defeat by Saladin
-Jerusalem under Muslim control
Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral
1163 - 1345
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3rd Crusade
1192
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-peace treaty signed
-Cooperation w/ King Richard of England
-regained several cities, but not Jerusalem
4th Crusade
1204
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-does not retake Jerusalem
-sack of Constantinople: christians fighting christians
-control shifts from Eastern Orthodox to Latin (papacy) until 1453: Turk invasion
Reims Cathedral
1211 - 1516
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-original cite of church burned
-reconstruction began in 1211
-all phases completed under the same style
-coronation cite of 33 kings: 816-1825
La Renaissance
1300 - 1700
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-"re-birth"
-humanism
Hundred Years' War
1337 - 1453
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-both French & English held legitimate claims to French thrown
Jeanne d'Arc
1412 - 1431
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-national French hero / symbol
-saint
Visions & God's call
1424
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-Liberate France
-Crown le Dauphin Charles VII
Coronation of Charles VII
1429
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-Reims region under English control
-once region is liberated, Charles VII is able to be crowned
Martyrdom
1431
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-Jeanne is wounded & captured after defeat at Compiegne
-accused by Cauchon as a heretic
-burned at the stake
Jean Calvin
1509 - 1564
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The Reformation
1517 - 1685
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Conversion
1529 - 1533
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introduced to Martin Luther's ideas at university
Published "Institutes"
1536
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Geneva Bible
1560
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Huguenot Wars
1562 - 1598
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-French civil / religious wars between catholics & protestants
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
1572
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-beginning in Paris after the marriage of Henri de Navarre -future king- (protestant) to Margeurite de Valois (catholic) & murder of Huguenot leader: Admiral Coligny
-sparks nation-wide assault against huguenots (aprox. 70,000 deaths)
l'Edit of Nantes
1598
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-king Henri IV, though converted to catholicism, grants religious & civil freedoms to huguenots
Roi Louis XIV
1638 - 1715
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- the "Sun King" -Absolutism -"One King, One Law, One Faith" -control of clergy & nobles
Enlightenment
1685 - 1815
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l'Edit de Fontainebleau
1685
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-revokes l'Edit de Nantes
-causes mass exodus of protestants from France: most moral & industrious