The templar knights

In Hoc Signo Vinces

  • Cluniac Reform
    Jan 1, 1024

    Cluniac Reform

    movement that happened when the church was losing its spiritual mission. The movement tried to disentangle the church from feudalism and secular control.
  • The Church Divides
    Jan 1, 1054

    The Church Divides

    The bishops of Rome and Constantinople were constantly arguing because each thought thst they were more superior than the other. The result of many problems that occured was the division of the church.
  • Honey-Tongued Doctor
    Jan 1, 1090

    Honey-Tongued Doctor

    Bernard of Clairvaux was born in 1090. He was a big influence in the catholic church and he still is. One of his famous quotes is " You wish me to tell you wy and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved."
  • First Crusade
    Jan 1, 1096

    First Crusade

    Alexus Comnenus asks for a small number of people to defend Constapoline and is shocked when he finds 12,000 people awaiting to fight for him.
  • Concordat of Worms
    Jan 1, 1122

    Concordat of Worms

    Emperor Henry V and Pope Callistus II, the emperor relinquished the right of spiritual investiture, or installation of bishops into ecclesiastical office.
  • Second Crusade
    Jan 1, 1147

    Second Crusade

    Was preached by Bernard of Clairvaux. Only a few Greek islands were taken.
  • Third Crusade
    Jan 1, 1189

    Third Crusade

    Led by Frederick Barbosa, Richard I of England, and Philip II of France. The result was a truce which gave Christians access to Jerusalem and the Holy Places
  • Fourth Crusade
    Jan 1, 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Instead of marching on Jerusalem, this crusade was diverted to Constantinople. The city remained in Latin hands until 1261.
  • Albigensian Crusade
    Jan 1, 1208

    Albigensian Crusade

    Preached by Pope Innocent III against the Albigensian heretics in southern France.
  • Children's Crusade
    Jan 1, 1212

    Children's Crusade

    Preached by Stephan of Vendome and by Nicholas of Koln. One group reached Marseilles and was sold into slavery; the other turned back.
  • Fifth Crusade
    Jan 1, 1218

    Fifth Crusade

    The Fifth Crusade consisted of an attack on Egypt. The crusade was led by king Andrew II of Hungary and Duke Leopold VI of Austria.
  • Sixth Crusade
    Jan 1, 1228

    Sixth Crusade

    Led by Frederick II the Holy Roman Emporer. He negotiated a treaty which led to Christian control of several important holy sites, including Jerusalem. Jerusalem was eventually retaken by Muslim mercenaries in 1244.
  • Seventh Crusade
    Jan 1, 1248

    Seventh Crusade

    Led by King Louis IX of France also known as Saint Louis. He captured the Egyptian city of Damietta, but was himself taken captive in the battle for Cairo. He was eventually was ransomed
  • Eigth Crusade
    Jan 1, 1270

    Eigth Crusade

    This attack on Tuins was a fiasco and they did not succeed
  • Golden Bull
    Jan 1, 1356

    Golden Bull

    Charles IV passed the Golden Bull which established the principle of an elective monarchy for the empire.
  • 1st King of the Holy Roman Empire

    1st King of the Holy Roman Empire

    Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Emporer by the pope on Christmas Day. King Charlemagne died in 1814
  • Non-believer to Believer

    Non-believer to Believer

    Vladimir led Ukrainians to Christianity through baptism
  • Greatest of the Saxon Kings

    Greatest of the Saxon Kings

    King Otto I The Great was crowned emperor by Pope John XIII in Rome after his great victory when he defeated the Magyars at the Battlle of Lechfield in 955.
  • The Great Split

    The Great Split

    eastern and western Franconia were completely seperated and the eastern part became known as France and the western part Germany
  • First Great Victory

    First Great Victory

    Charlemagne's son Louis captured Barcelona from the Arabs, which created the Spanish March
  • Inheritance

    Inheritance

    Charlemagne died and his son Louis became king of the Franks and the Holy Roman Empire
  • Betrayal

    Betrayal

    Louis is attacked by his sons allied with pope Gregory IV
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Louis died and civil war over land broke out among one of his son's and his other son's child.
  • Plead for Help

    Plead for Help

    the Pope asks Otto I for protection against Berengar II
  • Dirk I

    Dirk I

    The Viking leader Dirk I established the Egmont Benedictine monastery in Holland