Charlemagne Flashcards
Clovis
First king of the franks.
Mighty warrior
last of the merivinian dynasty
married Clothilda
Clotilda
Sweet, beautiful, Christian
Clovis’ wife
Burgundian princess
Pepin le Gros
Son of Charles Martel.
Pippin the fat
Ruled with Carloman
Carloman
Son of Charles Martel
Ruled with brother, Pepin
Carloman (other)
Evil, ruled with Carl
Nobody liked him, not even his own troops
Tried to displace Carl
Carl
Kind
Ruled with Carloman
Became master of much
Everyone liked him
Alcuin
disciple of the venerable bede’s disciple
born in York
Genius!
Charlemagne
laid the foundations for Christendom Illiterate Genius Won every war he fought Ruler
Charles Martel
Nicknamed the Hammer
He beat back the Muslims
conquered lombards all the way through Poland until he reached the Baltic Sea
Rimigious
Rimigious walked Clovis through the Gospels and the catechism
Helped lead Clovis to Christianity
Parle Mentia
In Charlemagne’s new form of government, he allowed people to come and meet at a mentia, a place where they could come and discuss/dispute politics and issues, and there they would parle, which mean “speak” in Latin.
781
Charlemagne and Alcuin meet for the first time
Scriptorian
the place where monks rewrite literary works
Reforms of Charlemagne
Law, Rule, Church
Changed laws to be based on the Bible
Demetrius’ False Dilemma
Demetrius was very dependable and he was given a message from the abbot to deliver. He had very important and precise instructions not to talk to anyone and to only go in a continuous straight line. As Demetrius was walking he saw a peasant pinned underneath his cart on the side of the road. Demetrius was faced with a dilemma. Was he to obey the commands of the Abbot or of God?
