756 Event Middle Ages Vatican City
Birth of the Papal States
The Donation of Pepin founds a temporal power that will last eleven centuries.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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Early Middle Ages 2 events793 War Middle Ages Norway
Raid on Lindisfarne
The sack of the English monastery conventionally opens the Viking age.
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Early Middle Ages 2 events800 Figure Christianisation Germany France
Charlemagne crowned Emperor
In Rome, Pope Leo III restores the Western Empire for the King of the Franks — the shared political matrix of France and Germany.
800 Text Middle Ages Ireland
The Book of Kells
A masterpiece of insular illumination, symbol of Ireland’s role in transmitting texts.