Carolingian Renaissance Reform of the Frankish Church under Carolingians -By 741‚ the Frankish Church had held no councils for a long time‚ Pope Zacharias said that ‘priests hardly know was priesthood is’ and Boniface said that Frankish clergy had a reputation for adultery -It needed reform and Carloman I recognized this‚ asking Boniface to convene a synod ‘to correct and amend ecclesiastical discipline’ -742/3 Concilium Germanicum‚ 744 council at Leptinnes both summoned by Carloman and one summoned
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Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire A major part of European history is the building of France. Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire was major factor in the rise to modern France and a huge part of it history. Charlemagne sculpted the landscape of France with political‚ economic‚ and educational ventures to establish the Holy Roman Empire. The laying of a foundation for a centralized government is what Charlemagne was aiming for throughout the rein of the Carolingian Empire (encyclopedia)
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this process throughout his rule and passed his beliefs on to Charlemagne. All three‚ in addition to the political unification‚ believed that the church should be reformed and reorganized under the Pope‚ which helped their rise to power as the Carolingian Dynasty. (Holmes 74) Upon Pepin’s death in 768‚ Charlemagne and his brother‚ Carloman‚ each inherited half of the Frankish kingdom. Pepin‚ in the Merovingian tradition of the time‚ split his kingdom between his two sons. Three years later Carloman
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The Carolingian Renaissance is known for the cultural transitions and great achievements that were obtained in the 8th century under the direction of Charlemagne. Charlemagne‚ who was also known as Carolus Magnus and Charles the Great‚ was one of the greatest leaders during the Middle Ages. He was a military man‚ king of the Franks‚ and was appointed as Roman emperor in 800 AD. Throughout Europe‚ he was seen as a great example of an emperor and Christian king. Not only did he revive the political
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many differing theories or reasons for how the Carolingians gained legitimacy in the deposition of the Merovingians‚ Moore offers an intriguing opinion. “The usurpation was conceived as a reform of kingship based on theocratic concepts of royal power that have been traced to episcopal social thought. These assertions of royal power came to be suffused with a “rhetoric of reform.” This reforming rhetoric‚ became the guiding principle for the Carolingians‚ but sadly had repercussions for the monarchy
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e The Carolingian Renaissance is a period in the Middle Ages characterized by the revival of scholarship‚ and tagged with the figure of Charlemagne. After a period of stagnation and certain decadence in the development of intellectual awareness and art which marked the Middle Ages‚ in the second half of the 8th century there is a new uplift in these fields. Charlemagne brings the greatest scholars of his time to his court‚ in a desire to revive the level of artistic creation and nourishment of
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The Carolingian Empire disintegrated because of two major causes: fighting within the Carolingian dynasty‚ and local rulers who increased their power and ruled independent of the Carolingian kings. When Louis the Pious (Charlemagne’s son and successor) took over the empire‚ he implemented some changes in the hopes of keeping the empire united. The pope crowned his first wife Ermengard as empress in 816. Then in 817‚ Lothar (first-born son) was made emperor and co-ruler with his father. Pippin and
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Charlemagne brought some key administrative developments into his domain‚ which got to be known as the Carolingian Empire. He based on the current arrangement of seignorialism‚ whereby lords gave tracts of area to their nobles in return for faithfulness and administration. Charlemagne conceded vast landholdings called fiefs to numerous tribal military pioneers. Furthermore‚ he delegated various Frankish nobles to the posts of checks (the leader of a locale called an area) and margraves (the number
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Carolingian Hagiography on Divine Dreams During the 9th and 10th century in Europe a popular genre of writing was forming in the Frankish Realm that focused on the lives of Saints. Nowadays these Saints’ lives are a major tool to investigate late ancient cultures of the middle ages. This new genre of hagiography became one of the major forms of literary production at the time. Such saint’s lives‚ or vitae‚ survive in great numbers because of the genre’s popularity. Careful reading of them reveals
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Hailed as a prominent work of the Carolingian Renaissance‚ Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne recounts not only the great deeds of the august emperor but also describes his person and life. Einhard‚ in his preface‚ makes known the sense of duty with which he seeks to preserve the laudable accomplishments and intimate character of his “lord and foster father.” Indebted by the “foster care” bestowed upon him and moved by the “constant friendship” which he received from the great king‚ he composes his
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