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The Carolingians
Begins with Charles Martel
Grandson - Charlemagne
Who becomes “holy roman empire”
Rulers of France until 987 AD
Once Charlemagne has been crowned in 800, he returns to Western Europe & builds a capital at Aachen
Modern name Aix-la-Chapelle
Carolingian Renaissance
Why “Renaissance”? Charles is attempting to bring back Roman Empire
Charlemagne saw Roman architecture in Rome wanted to duplicate …
Builds imitations of Roman buildings
Revived Latin
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Revived latin - Add spaces between words & punctuation to make it easier to learn
Carolingian script
The Carolingians
Carlemagnes Government
United all of west & central europe, council of advisers, messengers to communicate with the various estates within the kingdom
Pays philosophers scientists “natural philosophers,”
theologian To stay at court in Aachen & pursue intellectual curiosities
Charlesmagne’s son, Louis, keeps kingdom together
Louis has 3 sons
Charles the Bald
Louis the German Modern Germany, central Europe their kingdoms keep dividing
Lothar known as holy roman empire over 300 small kingdoms