Chapter 10 Flashcards
Identify the location on the map.
Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen)
Find Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen).
son of Pepin
Charles
crowned emperor in 800 AD
Charles
other son of Pepin; died young
Carloman
Germanic pagans of northern Germany and the Lowlands
Saxons
hostile to Romano-Frankish civilization
Saxons
chief of the Saxons
Wittekind
North African Muslims who conquered Spain
Moors
hero of the minore battle at Roncevalles
Roland
his story became the prototype for the medieval chivalric romance
Roland
people of they Pyrenees region
Basques
Charlemagne’s capital
Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen)
English schoolteacher of Charlemagne’s children
Alcuin
caliph of Baghdad
Harun-al-Rashid
sent Charlemagne an elephant and a clock
Harun-al-Rashid
“Long live Charles Augustus, Emperor of the Romans.”
Pope Leo III
date of Charlemagne crowned emperor
800
became Charlemagne, which means “Charles the Great”
Charles
type of armore made of a fabric of small linked metal rings
coat of mail
