carolingian dynasty Flashcards
what was charles martel’s title/role, what were his great achivements
He was Major Domo or the Merovingian ynasty, he unified the Frankish Kingdoms and won the Battle of Tours in 732
what was the significance of the Battle of Tours
It kept Islam out of Christian Europe
who was Pepin and how did he become the first Carolingian “King of the Franks”
son of Charles Martel, his brother gave him his share of the kingdom so he had all of the Franks
when did the Lombards invade Italy, under whose kingship, who ruled the land they took and were the ‘protectors of the papacy’
c 570, King Albian, Byzantines
what were 3 significant points on the personality and leadership of Charlesmagne
-he forced conversion on the barbarians
-very invested in education (liberal arts)
-he was not prideful, he dresses like the common people
what was so pivitol about Charlemagne’s reign in the history of the western world
he was coronated by the pope and the protector of the papacy, powerful people are connected to the pope, cooperation between church and Frankish kingdoms,
when was Charlemagne first called to help defeat the Lombards and why
775 - King Desidarius tried to take the papal states, pope adrian asked Byzantium for help but they were to busy to do anything
how did Charlemagne handle the subjugation of the Saxons
he converted them by force, he squashed a rebellion that they started by killing 4500 men, must be baptised and follow church customs or be killed
What circumstances in Byzantium prepared the groundwork for Charlemagne becoming Emperor of the Romans, what does this indicate for further relations between the east and west
-the threat of Islam, and division b/w pope and Byzantium over Iconoclasm
-Divide b/w Byzantium and the west b/c Charlemagne is the Roman Emperor, but the Byzantines are the remaining Romans
what year and day was Charlemagne crowned
Christmas Day, 800
what was the treaty of Verdun, what year was it made, how did it divide the empire, and what did the territories become
after Charlemagne died the kingdom got split b/w his 3 sons:
843
-Charles the Bald gets west Francia (France), lots of Latin influence
-Louis the German gets eats Francia (Germany), no Latin influence
-Luther gets middle Francia (Italy), derivitive of Latin itself
what led to the dissolution of Charlemagne’s empire, how did Charles the Fat get the lands?
in Germany Loui dies and his kingdom goes to his son Charles the Fat, in France Charles the Bald dies and his son dies so the kingdom goes to Charles the fat, Charles is a pretty bad ruler so the people rebel and the empire deteriorates
founding of byzantine by byzas
650BC
nervon persecution
64
fall of jerusalem
70
