Research paper on 1 topic option during the Middle Ages 500-1500 AD. (A)”1454-Italy is divided into five major regions: Venice, Milan, Florence, the Papal States and the southern kingdom of Naples” (B)”Dante Alighieri is born. Later, he will write the Divine Comedy—perhaps the greatest literary expression of the Middle Ages—in Italian verse. Born in Florence, Dante is extensively educated in literature, philosophy and Scholastic theology. His “Comedy” is saturated with the belief of earthly immortality through worthy deeds and the preparation of life everlasting. (C) Charlemagne Called the “Father of Europe” rise to power, death without successor, and fall of the Carolingian dynasty. (D) “The French retaliate against the English and initiate the Hundred Years’ War, a series of battles lasting until 1453. The three greatest battles of the war are fought at Crecy (1346), Poitiers (1356) and Agincourt (1415). Due to the military superiority of the English, the French are defeated in most of the battles.