Christmas Day. The significant is that he was the first over 300 years that Europe was not a broken compound of transferring and competing warrior tribes‚ but instead a collection of stable nation-states. Extreme stability happened when Charlemagne’s Carolingian Frankish Empire was formed. Both parties involvement had different reasons behind the coronation. Pope Leo’s drive for crowning Charles included an opportunity to reward Frankish King for saving him. Also‚ the need for protection from Roman rebels
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AD 844 to describe the reign of the most influential Frankish king Charlemagne ( Lectures 1). Charlemagne‚ son of Pepin the Short‚ ruled the Franks for 47 years (Koeller 1). The Carolingian Dynasty‚ of which Charlemagne was a member‚ was established in AD 751 when Pepin dethroned the last Merovingian king. The Carolingians ruled a land that "spoke several different tongues‚ had different cultural and historical traditions‚ and different institutions."(Nelson 2). The great variation found in the people
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1. Define: Middle Ages‚ medieval Middle Ages: used to describe the time period between the fall of the Roman empire and the beginning of the Renaissance Medieval: related to the Middle Ages 2. Identify: Clovis‚ Merovingians‚ Charles Martel‚ Pepin the Short‚ Charlemagne‚ Louis the Pious‚ Magyars‚ Vikings Clovis: a military leader‚ who became king of one of the Frankish tribes Merovingians: successors of Clovis‚ including Clovis himself Charles Martel: successor of Pepin as the mayor of the palace
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The Royal Frankish Annals Bishop Burchard of Wurzburg and the chaplain Fulrad approached Pope Zacharias and questioned whether the Frankish kings should possess royal power. Pepin was then commanded by virtue of Pope Zacharias’ apostolic authority to be made king of the Franks in the city of Soissons. This episode in the Royal Frankish Annals is a great example that shows the growing importance of Christianity and religion during the early Medieval Ages. Pope Zacharias appointed Pepin to be king
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architectural developments during this time‚ one of the most striking changes that can be found in many churches of this time is the use of the domed nave. The domed nave was usually used with a rectangular or Latin cross plan. The Carolingian and Ottonian (merely a continuation of Carolingian period) periods consisted of mainly the basilica also. By the end of the pre-Romanesque period‚ Roman stylistic elements had fused with elements from Byzantium and the Middle East‚ and from the Germans‚ the Celts‚ and other
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Critical Review of Fichtenau’s The Carolingian Empire: The Age of Charlemagne This is an analytical book review of Heinrich Fichtenau’s The Carolingian Empire: The Age of Charlemagne. It will cover the Fichtenau’s writing techniques and sources he used in developing this fascinating book. Thesis: To better understand the significance of Charles the Great‚ one must first comprehend the unfortunate features challenging Charles during the Carolingian period. This was a quality intention for
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Merovingian dynasty. The final Merovingian ruler was Childeric III‚ who was forcefully removed from office in 752 by Pope Zachary. Pope Stephen II‚ Zachary’s successor‚ appointed Pepin the Short as king in 754. Pepin was the first major ruler of the Carolingian dynasty. Not only was Clovis the first king of the Frankish‚ he was also the first Catholic king of Francia. He converted to Catholicism after his wife‚ Clotilde‚ urged him to in 496. This conversion united the Franks under one religion. The king
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Book Review Medieval Warfare is book by the author Maurice Keen in which Keen goes into detail describing how warfare changed throughout the medieval era. It goes through describing how warfare has changed throughout history beginning with the Carolingian and Ottonian warfare through the usage of guns‚ gunpowder‚ and permanent armies. The book is very descriptive of how things change and the different ways certain things were done throughout the time. The book is composed of two sections with individual
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In point of fact‚ Dawson argues that it was the personal influence of Charlemagne that inspired the greatest achieve of the Carolingian Age: the gathering together of the scattered elements of the classical and patristic traditions and their reorganization as the basis of a new culture. The Carolingian Age saw a return to scholarship that changed the face of the written word. The revision and scripts and calligraphy are hallmarks of this important era of the Middle
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the earliest examples of Carolingian architecture. The Palatine Chapel was contrasted between the years of 790 and 805 by architecture Odo of Metz. Metz created the chapel for Emperor Charlemagne‚ who ruled during the second half of the eighth century. Charlemagne was a strong new force that emerged on the continent‚ and his ruling brought out new ideas‚ architecture and religion to the people under his ruling. It was under Charlemagne‚ that the new dynasty of Carolingian was created‚ and with his
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