- 511 Ad- Clovis unites the franks into one kingdom
- 600 AD- church plus Frankish rulers convert many
- Fear of Muslims= spur many to convert to Christianity
- Monasteries and convents
- 520 AD- benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries
- His sister Scholastica did the same for nuns in convents
- 731 AD- the vulnerable Bede wrote a killer history of England
- Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books \
- European empire evolves
- Franks control target European kingdom
- The roman Province formerly known as Gaul
- Ruled by Clovis- The Merovingian dynasty
- Major domo- Mayor of the palace- ruled the kingdom
- Charles Martel- Charles the hammer
- Extended the Franks' reign to the north, south, and east
- Defeated a Muslim army from Spain at the battle of tours in 732
4.n
Charles the hammers son- Pepin the Short
- Possible named for his unusual short haircut
- Working for and with the Pope. Pepin fought the Lombard's
- Pope Stephen II named Pepin "king by the Grace of God"- beginning the Carolingian Dynasty
751-987
AD
He
had two sons one named Charlemagne
- Charlemagne takes center stage
- Charlemagne- aka Charles the Great
- Six foot four
- Built the greatest empire since Rome
- Fought the Muslims in Spain
- Fought Germanic tribes
- Spread Christianity
- Reunited Western Europe
- Became the most powerful King in Western Europe
- Pope Leo III crowned him emperor in 800 AD after he defended him from unruly Roman mob
- This signaled the joining of Germanic power, the Church and the heritage of the Roman Empire.
- Charlemagne's Government
- He limited the authority of the nobles
- He regularly visited every part of his kingdom
- Kept close watch on huge estates
- Cultural Revival
- Encouraged learning
- Ordered monasteries to open schools
- But his heirs were weenies…
- His son- Louis the pious- was ineffective
- Louis' three sons- Lothair Charles the bald, and Louis the German- split up the kingdom at the treaty of the Treaty of Verdun in 843 AD
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