Basic Chronology

Century	Individual/Document/Event and Its Significance	Dawson cite
3d
3d
3d
4^th
4^th
4^th
5^th
5^th
5^th
6^th
6^th
6^th
7^th
7^th
7^th
8^th
8^th
8^th
9^th
9^th
9^th
10^th
10^th
10^th
11^th
11^th
11^th

The Three Rules: (1) For each century, select three key events, individuals, or documents—one of the three must be a document and one must be an individual; the third is your choice. For individuals, the century must be the one in which their most important work was done. Thus someone who was born in A.D. 594 and died in 650 must be listed under the 7^th century, even though he was born in the 6^th. Events may straddle two centuries and you may choose the century in which to report it. (2) For each, indicate in a phrase or two its significance for the understanding of the rise of Western culture. Thus, “St. Columban: important figure in development of Celtic monasticism,” and so on. (3) You must cite the page(s) of the Dawson text on which the event or individual is substantially discussed, not just mentioned, so that I can look them up.