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Dates Pt. 13; Early Middle Ages 3 Flashcards

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Charlemagne holds Council of Frankfurt which rejects the decrees of the Council of Nicaea. Court now almost exclusively at Aachen.

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AD 794

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Hadrian dies, and Leo III is pope. Leo notifies Charlemagne (rather than the Byz. Emperor) of his election.

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AD 795

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Avar hring falls. Einhard arrives at court.

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AD 796

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Irene blinds her son and becomes Empress.

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AD 797

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Pope Leo III is attacked in Rome. He is restored to power by Charlemagne, who enters Italy in 800.

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AD 799

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Charlemagne crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III, Christmas Day.

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800 AD

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Barcelona falls to the Franks.

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AD 801

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Saxon wars end. Alcuin dies.

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AD 804

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Charlemagne divides his kingdom between Pippin (the Italian), Charles, and Louis (divisio regni).

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AD 806

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Cattle plague forces Charlemagne to abandon his last major campaign, against Danes. Pippin of Italy dies.

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AD 810

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Charles dies, Louis Charlemagne’s last legitimate son.

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AD 811

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12
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Charlemagne dies.

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AD 814

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Louis the Pious creates the ordinatio imperii dividing his empire among his (then three) sons, Lothar, Pippin, and Louis. Bernard of Italy, revolts, is blinded, dies. Benedictine Rule established as monastic rule for all monasteries in Frankish territory. Terminus post quam for plan of St. Gall (terminus ante quam 830).

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AD 817

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Louis voluntarily performs public penance for Bernard’s death.

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AD 822

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Charles the Bald born to Louis’ new wife, Judith.

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AD 823

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New division of empire to accommodate Charles, Lothar and Louis the German revolt.

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AD 829

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Rebellion in Francia suppressed, Lothar exiled to Italy.

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AD 831

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Louis’ children revolt again. Pope Gregory IV travels to Francia to mediate, is rejected by bishops, tricked by Lothar. At the Field of Lies, Louis’ army deserts, he is stripped of title, Lothar proclaimed emperor.

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AD 833

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Lothar’s rebellion crumbles, Louis proclaimed emperor again.

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AD 834

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Vikings attack Dorestad.

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AD 835

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Charles the Bald crowned King of Burgundy and Alemannia. Third uprising begins. Pippin dies, Pippin II (another son of Louis) gets nothing, joins rebellion.

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AD 837

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First Vikings in Constantinople.

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AD 839

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Louis dies in the midst of civil war. Lothar and Pippin II fight Louis the German and Charles the Bald. Einhard dies.

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AD 840

24
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Charles and Louis defeat Lothar at the B. of Fontenoy.

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AD 841

25
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Charles and Louis make a formal alliance (Strasbourg Oaths).

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AD 842

26
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Treaty of Verdun between Louis the German and Charles the Bald.

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AD 843

27
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If he didn’t die in the previous year fighting Pippin II, Nithard died this year fighting Vikings.

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AD 845

28
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Hrabanus Maurus dies. Lothar, son of Louis, dies.

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AD 855

29
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Traditional date when Ruric founds Rus.

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AD 862

30
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Louis the German dies.

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AD 876

31
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Charles the Bald dies.

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AD 877

32
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Charles the Fat, King of East Francia, is elected King of West Francia, thereby reuniting the two halves of the empire for what would be the last time.

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AD 884

33
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Odo leads a brilliant defense of Paris against the Vikings. Charles the Fat bungles everything.

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AD 885

34
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Charles the Fat is deposed. Odo is elected king of West Francia and Arnulf King of East Francia, the first non-Carolingians to have held the Frankish kingship since Childeric III.

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AD 887

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Odo’s failure against the Vikings causes Fulk of Rheims to launch crown Charles the Simple king, sparking four years of civil war.

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AD 893

36
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Foundation of Cluny.

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AD 909

37
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Charles signs the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with Rollo, creating Normandy.

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AD 911

38
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Charles the Simple is deposed.

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AD 922

39
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Henry the Fowler becomes king of the Germans (East Francia).

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AD 919

40
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Henry defeats the Magyars at the B. of Riade.

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AD 933

41
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Henry the Fowler dies. His son Otto I becomes king of the Germans.

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AD 936

42
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Hugh the Great, nephew of Odo and father of Hugh Capet is made vice-regent of West Francia (Dux Francorum).

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AD 940

43
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Rollo’s successor William Longsword is assassinated (supposedly at the behest of Louis IV). After a period of war, the duchy is reformed under William’s son Richard I, with disputed fealty to and limitless animosity toward the royal house.

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AD 942

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Louis IV imprisoned by Hugh the Great for asserting too much authority.

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AD 945

45
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Otto I invades Italy for the first time, and makes Berengar the king his subject.

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AD 951

46
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Liudolf son of Otto I begins a two year long rebellion.

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AD 952

47
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Otto I scores a decisive victory over the Magyars at the B. of Lechfield.

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AD 955

48
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After restoring his authority in Italy, Otto I is crowned emperor by the pope.

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AD 962

49
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Provence taken from the Saracens. Otto II marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu.

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AD 972

50
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Otto I dies, and is followed by his son Otto II.

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AD 973

51
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Otto II’s relative, Henry II of Bavaria leads a serious rebellion that will take four years to put down.

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AD 974

52
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References to castles and knights (milites) begin to become common. Otto II turns his attention to southern Italy, to the great dissatisfaction of the Byzantines and his own German nobles alike.

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AD 980

53
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Otto II suddenly dies (at age 28) leaving the empire to the infant Otto III. Lothar, king of West Francia, moves into what was Lotharingia to seize land from Otto III. North Gallic magnates and Lotharingian (Ottonian) bishops rise up to stop him, triggering civil war.

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AD 983

54
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The restored Henry II of Bavaria is removed as regent, replaced by Theophanu.

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AD 984

55
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With the aid of Archbishop Adalbero of Reims, Hugh Capet is made king of France.

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AD 987

56
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Otto III (age 14) begins to rule as king of the Germans in his own name.

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AD 994

57
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Otto III is crowned emperor.

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AD 996

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