France

The two main powers in France were the franks and the Capetians. The Capetians got their power through supportting the church which became the key to all pollitics in Midevil France. In the Middle Ages people began to write on animal hides, these are now called Mideveil manuscripts. 1095. In 1095 the pope orders the first Crusade. Jeruselum had been the considered the center of the world and it was occupied by the Muslims. That area for thousands of year was Islamic and the pope decided to send the European soldiers to kick out the Muslims. This was a major fail because many of the soldiers didnt make it there and what was left was destroyed by the much better Muslim army. The Crusades were very bloody and useless. The Romanesque achitecture age built Catherdrals as massive cassels bcause that it where people would hide if the town got attacked. TheCathedrals had pictures of the final judgement. This imagry is called the Millenium art. The period that follows that starts around the 12th century is the Gothic chitecture. The staind glass is a large part of the Gothic achitechure. This is the opposite of the Romanesque becuase Romanesque was about the dark part of the world and final judgement where the Gothic age was all about the light and good part of art. Theology compliment each other. Another attribute of gothic architecture were the flying butchresses.