Curated category
Christendom
- Carolingian EmpireIn 732, a Muslim army crossed the Pyrenees and marched north toward Tours. Charles Martel stood at the head of Christian European forces to stop them.
- RenaissanceIn the year 1348, a plague known as the Black Death swept through Florence and killed nearly half of its population. This demographic catastrophe created an…
- Medieval renaissancesJean-Jacques Ampère spoke of a medieval renaissance in the 1830s. He used this phrase to describe cultural renewals during the Carolingian and 12th-century…
- Byzantine EmpireThe citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire called themselves Romans, not Byzantines. They viewed their state as the direct continuation of ancient Rome…
- Holy Roman EmpireOn Christmas Day of 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor in Rome. This event revived a title that had lapsed more than three…
- ChristendomA scribe in southern England coined the word Christendom during the 9th century. This writer translated Paulus Orosius' book History Against the Pagians and…
- Papal StatesIn 754, Pepin the Short led a Frankish army into Italy to defeat the Lombards. This military campaign marked the beginning of papal temporal power.