Middle+Ages+Artifacts

Government started to die out when Charlemagne became the ruler of the empire. There were many different types of governments formed and that Charlemagne had to rule over. He approached the Roman Catholic Church for help. The Church had survived through the fall of the Roman Empire, and still provided justice, wealth, and security that was an essential part to keep the empire alive. By emulating the Roman Catholic church Charlemagne's system of government also included parts of Roman Imperial Government. Different parts of this region that Charlemagne now ruled, were ruled by governors, which were then separated into other regions where counts ruled. To make fighting, and abuse of a lesser chance to happen, Legal assessors would be in villages and counties to prevent these things to happen. Also, royal enjoys were assigned to different counties to make sure that everyone was following the system of government correctly. || The Black Death was an extremely deadly disease that killed many people. Anybody who got this disease ended up suffering, and none of the doctors could find a cure, or could find out why this was happening to so many people and why they were dying so suddenly. There was 3 different forms of the plague; The Bubonic Plague, Pneumonic Plague, and the Septicemic. The most common(Bubonic Plague) was said to be an infection of the lymphatic system. There were many symptoms of this deadly disease such as fever, chills, headache, exhaustion, black spots appearing on skin, muscle aches, the horrible swelling of lymph nodes that would be pretty big, and an awful smell that was attached to you.Also, you had about a week to live if you had this form of the Black Death. Another form of this disease was called the Pneumonic Plague and was supposed to be an infection of the respiratory system. Fevers, coughing up blood, trouble breathing, and chest pains were some of the symptoms to this plague. All it took was 2 days, or not even and the person who had caught this disease could be dead. Lastly, the Septicemic Plague was an infection of the circulatory system. It was just like the Bubonic Plague, and with this form of the plague you could start bleeding, and have seizures. This was a very bad form of the plague, and maybe the worst because you could die before a full day with having this. This disease was found to be spread by rats and fleas. Yersinia Pestis is a main part of rats bloodstream and is inside their bodies as well as fleas that eat off of the rats. Fleas would then catch this bacteria and could give it off to humans. This disease was very contagious because if one human coughed, another human right by could get the disease that quick. || In 1096 the first Crusade came into play, and it came in 2 phases. The first Crusade was named the People's Crusade, and also known as the Peasant's Crusade. Peasants could leave whenever they wanted, and they would not get caught for anything. But, on the other hand, noblemen were not allowed to do this and it would cause trouble. This first Crusade was not what the pope asked for, or thought of to happen. Peter the Hermit(preacher), and Walter the Penniless(knight) were like the leaders, and by this many of the people agreed with the pope's call, and did what he said. With the disadvantage of most peasants being disorganized, untrained in warfare, and very few financial resources, many peasants dashed to the Byzantine Empire. This did not help much, because later on a Muslim ambush destroyed practically their whole army. The noble men have been preparing for a while now to the becoming of a long war. They were very prepared and waited until the summer of 1096 to go off to fight this Crusade. In April of 1097 they came together with the Byzantine in Constantinople. French noblemen and a Representative of the pope led this journey. With joining together with the Byzantine, they conquered the Muslims at Antioch and Nicaea, and finally overpowered Jerusalem in 1099. With this land that they have now overcome, they divided it into 4 parts with the names of the County of Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch, the County of Edessa, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Each of these sections of the conquered land that was now referred to as the "Latin States of Crusaders", were ruled by a noblemen who helped organize and lead the Crusade. A religious pilgrimage was finished by most of the people, and some stayed to keep the Muslim enemies away, and some also went back to their homes. ||
 * Church and State || The Black Death || The First Crusade ||
 * [[image:church.jpg width="260" height="318"]] || [[image:black_death.jpg]] || [[image:the_first_crusade.jpg]] ||
 * The Franks Tribal System of