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The 11th century BC comprises all years from 1100 BC to 1001 BC. Although many human societies were literate in this period, some of the individuals mentioned below may be apocryphal rather than historically accurate.
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Just as Charles Martelhad established the Carolingian throne on the ruins of the Merovingian dynasty (see Chapter 3: The Merovingian Age), so medieval France grew from the ruins of Charlemagne's empire. In 987, the Carolingian ruler of the West Frankish Empire died without an heir; therefore French nobles and church leaders gathered to choose a suc...
Abbess:
1. The head of a convent.
Abbey:
1. A monastery or convent.
Abbot:
1. The head of a monastery.
The Norman Conquest of 1066 was the central "before and after" in English history, and in the history of the English language. The Anglo-Saxon invasion of the 400s had established the Germanic roots of English, but the invasion by the French-speaking Normans added a whole new Latin-based (or Romance) layer. It is for this reason that English is per...
The church had declined during the 800s and 900s, a period in which many church leaders obtained their posts not through great devotion to God but in return for money. The practice of buying and selling church offices was called simony, and the church took no specific measures against it until the 1000s. Another issue of concern was that of clerica...
A central aspect of worship during the Middle Ages was ritual, and nowhere was this tendency more apparent than in the Eucharist (YOO-kuh-rist), or Communion service. The Eucharist had originated with the Last Supperof Jesus and his disciples. There Jesus stated that the bread they ate was his body, which would soon be broken on the cross, and the ...
During the Middle Ages pilgrimages became popular both as an act of devotion to God and as a form of retribution for sins or even crimes (see box, "Punishment, Prison, and Pilgrimage"). A favorite site for pilgrims from France was Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, where the apostle James had supposedly been buried. In Europe as a whole,...
Medieval justice had severe punishments, such as branding or mutilation, for serious crimes. For less serious offenses, however, or for crimes committed by persons of high social rank, fines were generally imposed. Later, the practice of judicial pilgrimage replaced fines as a punishment. First introduced in Ireland during the 500s, judicial pilgri...
Books
Dijkstra, Henk, editor. History of the Ancient and Medieval World, Volume 9: The Middle Ages. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1996, pp. 1213–24. Hanawalt, Barbara A. The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History. New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 1998. Jones, Terry, and Alan Ereira. Crusades.New York: Facts on File, 1995, pp. 11–80. Langley, Andrew. Medieval Life.New York: Knopf, 1996. Severy, Merle, editor. The Age of Chivalry. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1969, pp. 92–130.
Web Sites
"The Cistercians." [Online] Available http://www2.csbsju.edu/osb/cist/intro.html (last accessed July 28, 2000). "The First Crusade." [Online] Available http://history.idbsu.edu/westciv/crusades/01.htm (last accessed July 28, 2000). Medieval Sourcebook: Empire and Papacy. [On-line] Available http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1l.html(last accessed July 28, 2000). The Norman Conquest.[Online] Available http://historymedren.about.com/education/history/historymedren/msubnorm.htm (last accessed J...
Apr 11, 2024 · Tiglath-pileser I (flourished 11th century bc) was one of the greatest of the early kings of Assyria, reigning c. 1115–c. 1077 bc. Tiglath-pileser ascended the throne at the time when a people known as the Mushki, or Mushku (Meshech of the Old Testament), probably Phrygians, were thrusting into Asia Minor (now Turkey).
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English: The 11th century BC started the first day of 1100 BC and ended the last day of 1001 BC.
The eleventh century is, in European history, a century of change. It is usually marked as the first period of the High Middle Ages and is therefore sometimes termed the Early Middle Ages, though this term has another common meaning synonymous with Dark Ages.
