Tudors
Gallic Wars
France's Expansion
Great Men of France
Wars of Religion
150

Henry VII & Henry VIII

VII = Ended War of Roses

VIII = Started the Anglican Church

150

The Gauls and the Gallic Wars

Gauls - Warring and disunified tribes

58 - 50BC

150

Charlemagne's methods of conversion

"Baptism or Death"

Bribery with a fine white tunic

150

Treaty of Verdun

Aug 843 AD, ended the Civil War

Lothair I - Central (Italy)

Louis II - Eastern (Germ + HRE)

Charlies II - Western (West Francia - France)

150

Huguenots and the Edict of Nantes

Protestant or French Calvinist

Nantes - 1598, written by Henry IV.

Protected the Huguenots and the Catholics, all his people. Able to practice their religion and hold office

150

Columbus, de Gama, and Cabot

Columbus - New World in 1492

de Gama - All-water route to India, around Africa and the Cape of Good Horn

Cabot - Found Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, Canada.

150

Clovis and Clotilda

Clovis - United the Franks in Gaul

Clotilda - Converted Clovis

150

Pepin and Childeric III

P - Carolingian King

Childeric III - Merovingian, last of the Do-Nothing Kings

150

Siege of Paris and the Siege of Orleans

885 - 886 AD. Siegfried took 700 lbs of silver to sail past Paris and take Burgundy

Orleans - lasted for 8 days (April 29, 1429) and freed by Joan

150

Coligny, the Swiss, and the Ambulance Corps

Coligny - Leader of the Huguenots

Swiss - lawless until they were under Coligny's command

Ambulance Corps - created by Coligny, saved injured men from the battlefield

150

The Renaissance and Martin Luther

Rebirth (1490 - 1520), Europe had previously rejected Greek culture, spread because of the printing press.

October 1517 - Published 95 Theses. It condemned the selling of indulgences, started the Lutheran Church and the Protestant Reformation

150

Vercingetorix and Attila the Hun

V - Gallic king and Chief of the Arverni Tribe

Hun - Scourge of God

150

Patrician of Rome, who invaded Italy and how many times were they defeated?

Patrician - Noble Citizen - Pepin

Lombards, defeated 2x by Pepin

150

Siege of Chartres and the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte

Siege - 911AD Rollo, Northmen, lost the siege.


Treaty - Created the Duchy of Normandy, Rollo became a christian vassal for Charles IV 

150

Catherine de Medici and St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Medici - Regent and co planned the massacre with Henry, Guise

Massacre - Aug 23, 1572 20,000 Huguenots were killed by Henry Guise's men

150

Edward VI, Mary I, Mary (Queen of Scots), and Elizabeth I

VI - Book of common prayer

Mary I - Bloody Mary, Catholic England

Queen of Scots - Accused of committing treason against Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I - Virgin Queen

150

St. Denis and St. Genevieve

St. Denis - 1st missionary and Martyr in Gaul

St. Genevieve - Saved Paris from Atilla

150

Field of May & Emperor's Eyes

May - One of two meetings that occur throughout the year where Charlemagne, chiefs, and people meet to discuss the affairs of the nation.

Eyes - chiefs who would travel throughout the kingdom, making sure that there was peace and that the officers/chiefs were being just

150

Third and Seventh Crusade

3rd: 1189 - 1192 AD: Richard Coeur de Leon, Philip II of France, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa led the Third Crusade. Richard received all of the glory and honor. Philips plan = Failed

7th: Led by Louis IX (1248 - 1245). Besieged and lost to the Saracens, held for ransom. Many martyred



150

Three Henrys of the War

Henry III - 1st, Killed Henry Duke of Guise

Henry, Duke of Guise - 2nd, Leader of the Catholic League

Henry of Navarre - 3rd, Good king Henry or Henry the Great

150

Guilds, Blue Coat School, and The Invisible Armada

Guilds - Associations in cities that made laws for those who worked at home.

BCS - Christ’s Hospital in London is the most prominent boys school

Armada - The Spanish fleet formed a wide crescent, seven miles across. The English's smaller ships outmaneuvered the Spanish ships.

150

Commentary de Bello Gallico and Cactus Legis Salicae

Gallico - Caesar's book on the Gallic Wars


Salicae - Written code by Clovis I

150

Alcuin and the Carolingian Renaissance

A - scholar for Charlemagne


Renaissance - a cultural revival in the Carolingian Empire created by Charlemagne. It focused on classical learning, the arts, and education, with a strong emphasis on religious reform and the preservation of knowledge

150

Edward III, Philippa, Eustace de Saint Pierre

Edward III - Started hundred year War (1337 - 1453) and sieged Calais.

Eustace de Saint Pierre - one of the six heroes of Calais

Philippa - saved the six heroes of Calais.

150

Philip II and the Salic law

Philip II - desired to take over France, used the Catholic League and his daughter to do so.

Salic law - Heirs must be passed through the Fathers line. 

150

Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, and Martin Frobisher 

Drake - 2nd man to circumnavigate the globe

Raleigh - Discovered North Carolina, named it Virginia.

Frobisher - Led three expeditions to Labrador and Greenland

150

Battle of Gergovia and Battle of Alesia

Gergovia - Gauls won

Alesia - Two lines of circumvallation. Lost to Caesar

150

Roland and the Song of Roland

R - nephew of Charlemagne

Song - 12th century Epic (oldest surviving epic in France

150

John Lackland, Louis IX, and Jeanne D'arc

Lackland - Refused Philip's summons lost Anjou, Normandy, and Aquitaine

Louis IX - Louis the Saint

Arc - Sent by God to save Orleans and bring Charles to Rheims

150

French Wars of Religion & Wars of Three Henrys

Religion: 1562 - 1598 Henry: 1585 - 1589

150

Edmund Spencer, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, and Shakespeare

Spencer - Wrote the Faerie Queen (Epic)

Marlow - Created Iambic Pentameter

Johnson - Created Masques

Shakespeare - Wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets.

150

Battle of Soissons and Battle of Tolbiac

Soissons - Clovis beat Syagrius' forces (Roman state)


Tolbiac - Clovis concerted mid-battle allowing him to unite the Franks

150

How and who became the Holy Roman Emperor?

800AD - Charlemagne was crowned HRE during a Papal mass in Rome

150

Battle of Senlac/Hastings and Pierre Bayard

Senlac -  October 14, 1066. William beat Harold and took over England

Bayard - The Perfect Knight

150

Day of Barricades & Edict of Union

Day of Barricades - May 12, 1588 - Parisians barricaded the city in outrage over Henry III banning Henry, Duke of Guise from entering it.

Edict of Union - Made Guise the Lieutenant General

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