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The German Cultural Heritage
| Course File 7 |
The Holy Roman Empire through 1200
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Please start with the sound file. The notes below are referenced in the sound file.
Sound Files:
1. Sound File Nr. 1 (The End of Karl's Holy Roman Empire) (14 mins.) (mp3)
2. Sound File Nr. 2 (The Reestablishment of the Holy Roman Empire) (15 mins.) (mp3)
3. Sound File Nr. 3 (The Age of Crusades) (11 mins.) (mp3)
4. Sound File Nr. 4 (The Age of Friedrich Barbarosa) (9 mins.) (mp3)
830 Heliand is written
| 836 The remains of St. Liborius are brought to Paderborn. | |
| 843 The Holy Roman Empire is divided into three parts, Treaty of Verdun, Ludwig becomes the German King and Charles the French King |  |
870 Otfried Life and Suffering of Christ. Trier becomes a part of the Frankonian empire.
960 ff. Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim Dramas
962 Pope John XII crowns Otto I Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Reestablishment of the Empire)
1000 Leif Erikson reaches North America. Paderborn chartered as a city.
| The Porta Nigra in Trier is the north gate in the Roman wall around the city. It was constructed in the 1st century. Visitors today may climb the steps inside the gate. St. Simion was sealed into a chamber in the structure in 1028. |  |
1028 Trier: St. Simion sealed into the Porta Nigra
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A drawing of the Porta Nigra as it looked as a church. |
1030 The bishop becomes the ruler of Würzburg
1035 + St. Simion
1047 Porta Nigra rebuilt into a church
1050 Invention of printing in China
1066 Battle of Hastings: Normans conquer England
1075 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates the Emperor Henry
1077 Emperor Henry in Canosa (reconciliation with the Pope)
| 1096 First crusade |  |
1106 Cologne gains the right to fortify itself (great city walls constructed from 1167-1191).
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The city of Cologne (Köln) as it looks today from the Rhine. The larger church to the right is the Cathedral of Cologne. |
1137 Vienna becomes a city
1140 Pfaffe Konrad Song of Roland
1147 Second crusade
1155 Frederick Barbarossa becomes the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1158 The Hanseatic League formed in Lübeck
1160 Heinrich von Melk The Life of the Priest
1170 Murder of the Archbishop Thomas Becket in England
1189 Third Crusade
1190 + Friederick Barbarosa, founding of the order of Teutonic knights
