962 Acontecimiento Edad Media Alemania
Birth of the Holy Roman Empire
Otto I is crowned in Rome. The Empire claims direct descent from ancient Rome and acts as the secular arm of the Church.
La construcción europea no empezó en 1950. Este hilo une la herencia antigua, la matriz judeocristiana y la Unión contemporánea.
11 acontecimientos
962 Acontecimiento Edad Media Alemania
Otto I is crowned in Rome. The Empire claims direct descent from ancient Rome and acts as the secular arm of the Church.
963 Institución Edad Media Luxemburgo
Siegfried acquires a rock on the Alzette: the castle will give the country its name.
965 Acontecimiento Cristianización Dinamarca
Harald Bluetooth proclaims the Christianisation of the Danes: the kingdom’s birth certificate.
966 Religión Cristianización Polonia
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.
988 Religión Cristianización Ucrania
Vladimir chooses Byzantine Christianity; Eastern Europe swings into Constantinople’s orbit.
996 Acontecimiento Edad Media Austria
An imperial charter names for the first time the “eastern realm”, origin of the name Österreich.
1000 Figura Cristianización Hungría
Pope Sylvester II sends a crown: Hungary enters Latin Christendom.
1000 Religión Cristianización Islandia
The assembly collectively decides to adopt Christianity to preserve civil peace.
1000 Religión Cristianización Suecia
The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.
1016 Acontecimiento Edad Media Dinamarca
The Danish king rules England, Norway and Denmark: a North Sea empire.
1030 Guerra Cristianización Noruega
The death of Olaf II makes him a saint: the kingdom’s Christianisation is completed.