THE MIDDLE AGES Early Medieval Period 1000s 1100s - towns and cities grow in Western Europe 1200

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THE MIDDLE AGES Early Medieval Period 1000s 1100s - towns and cities grow in Western Europe 1200 1215

- King John of England signs Magna Carta

- King John of England signs Magna Carta

1337- 1453 - France and England wage Hundred Years War 1200s 1442 America - Gothic architecture spreads through Europe - Ferdinand and Isabella drive Muslims from Spain; Columbus reaches

1337- 1453 - France and England wage Hundred Years War 1200s 1442 America - Gothic architecture spreads through Europe - Ferdinand and Isabella drive Muslims from Spain; Columbus reaches

Mosaics and Stained Glass - there was a record of continual struggle and fighting - in 313 Constantine the Great issued an edict of toleration, an act which paved the way for the Emperor Theodoscus I to make Christianity te Roman state religion about 365. - in 330 Constantine moved is capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople. - the light that cut through the windows was itself a sermon on the medieval belief that the grace of God penetrated and illuminated all things in history and in the cosmos. - the Franks in Gaul and the Lombards in Northern Italy had absorbed Oriental traditions from Greek monks and Syrian merchants. Their beautiful cloisonoe work in gold led directly to Byzantine mosaics and stained glass windows. -inside the Jerusalem, a tall, muscular Arab climed down from the hump of a white camel. From the camels back, he ook down a dusty prayer rug and carried it up the steps of a magnificent, high-domed churc, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Arabs name was Omar. The year was 637. Mosaics Art- A Reflection of Religious and Political Figure -one of the greatest wonders of Hagia Sophia was magnificent table for preparing the Christian ceremony of Communion. For the making of this table, Justinian ordered pearls and sapphires ground into a rich powder and mixed with molten gold and silver. This extravagant mixture was then poured into a mold for the table. M osaic Tiles - Hagia Sophias giant dome rose 180 feet from the floor, an amazing engineering feat. Four acres of gold mosaic tiles covered the dome and the surrounding vaults and arches. - it was on the eastern frontier, however, that Charlemagne fought his greatest wars. From what is now Hungary south to the Adriatic, an Asian people called the Avars ruled the Slavs. After seven years of brutal warfare, Charlemagne destroyed the Avars. The Saxons of Germany were even more troublesome. Charlemagne fought them for nearly 30 years before they submitted to his rule and his Christian religion .

Mosaics and Stained Glass - there was a record of continual struggle and fighting - in 313 Constantine the Great issued an edict of toleration, an act which paved the way for the Emperor Theodoscus I to make Christianity te Roman state religion about 365. - in 330 Constantine moved is capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople. - the light that cut through the windows was itself a sermon on the medieval belief that the grace of God penetrated and illuminated all things in history and in the cosmos. - the Franks in Gaul and the Lombards in Northern Italy had absorbed Oriental traditions from Greek monks and Syrian merchants. Their beautiful cloisonoe work in gold led directly to Byzantine mosaics and stained glass windows. -inside the Jerusalem, a tall, muscular Arab climed down from the hump of a white camel. From the camels back, he ook down a dusty prayer rug and carried it up the steps of a magnificent, high-domed churc, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Arabs name was Omar. The year was 637. Mosaics Art- A Reflection of Religious and Political Figure -one of the greatest wonders of Hagia Sophia was magnificent table for preparing the Christian ceremony of Communion. For the making of this table, Justinian ordered pearls and sapphires ground into a rich powder and mixed with molten gold and silver. This extravagant mixture was then poured into a mold for the table. M osaic Tiles - Hagia Sophias giant dome rose 180 feet from the floor, an amazing engineering feat. Four acres of gold mosaic tiles covered the dome and the surrounding vaults and arches. - it was on the eastern frontier, however, that Charlemagne fought his greatest wars. From what is now Hungary south to the Adriatic, an Asian people called the Avars ruled the Slavs. After seven years of brutal warfare, Charlemagne destroyed the Avars. The Saxons of Germany were even more troublesome. Charlemagne fought them for nearly 30 years before they submitted to his rule and his Christian religion .