Carolingian

Examples of Carolingian in the following topics:

• The End of the Carolingians

  • In the late 9th century, however, the lack of suitable adults among the Carolingians necessitated the rise of Arnulf of Carinthia, an illegitimate child of a legitimate Carolingian king.
  • The Carolingians were displaced in most of the regna of the Empire in 888.
  • Thus West Francia of the Carolingian dynasty became France.
  • His sister Adelaide, the last Carolingian, died in 1122.
  • Carolingian family tree, from the Chronicon Universale of Ekkehard of Aura, 12th century

• Charlemagne's Reforms

  • He was the main initiator and proponent of the "Carolingian Renaissance," the first of three medieval renaissances.
  • Most of the presently surviving works of classical Latin were copied and preserved by Carolingian scholars.
  • Indeed, the earliest manuscripts available for many ancient texts are Carolingian.
  • It is almost certain that a text that survived to the Carolingian age endures still.
  • Lorsch Abbey gatehouse, c. 800, an example of the Carolingian architectural style, a first, albeit isolated classical movement in architecture.

• Rise of the Holy Roman Empire

  • The title continued in the Carolingian family until 888, and from 896 to 899, after which it was contested by the rulers of Italy in a series of civil wars until the death of the last Italian claimant, Berengar, in 924.
  • After Charlemagne died in 814, the imperial crown was disputed among the Carolingian rulers of Western Francia and Eastern Francia, with first the western king (Charles the Bald) and then the eastern (Charles the Fat) attaining the prize.
  • After the death of Charles the Fat in 888, however, the Carolingian Empire broke apart, and was never restored.
  • After the Carolingian king Louis the Child died without issue in 911, East Francia did not turn to the Carolingian ruler of West Francia to take over the realm, but instead elected one of the dukes, Conrad of Franconia, as Rex Francorum Orientalium.

• The Rise of Charlemagne

  • Charlemagne is considered the greatest ruler of the Carolingian Dynasty because of the actions he took to bring Europe out of turmoil.
  • The expanded Frankish state he founded is called the Carolingian Empire.
  • Charlemagne is considered to be the greatest ruler of the Carolingian Dynasty because of the achievements he made during what seemed like the very middle of the Dark Ages.

• Charles Martel and Pepin the Short

  • The latter became the first of the Carolingians, the family of Charles Martel, to become king.
  • Therefore, on the basis of his achievements, Charles is seen as laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.
  • There is little dispute that the battle helped lay the foundations of the Carolingian Empire and Frankish domination of Europe for the next century.
  • The decision was not supported by all members of the Carolingian family, and Pepin had to put down another revolt led by Grifo and by Carloman's son, Drogo.

• The Emperor Irene

  • As early as 781, Irene began to seek a closer relationship with the Carolingian dynasty and the Papacy in Rome.
  • Irene's unprecedented position as an Empress ruling in her own right was emphasized by the coincidental rise of the Carolingian Empire in Western Europe, which rivaled Irene's Byzantium in size and power.

• Intellectual Life

  • Charlemagne's inclination towards education, which led to the creation of many new churches and schools where students were required to learn Latin and Greek, has been called the "Carolingian Renaissance."
  • Yet the renaissance of the 12th century was far more thoroughgoing than those renaissances that preceded in the Carolingian or in the Ottonian periods.

• The Vikings

  • The Saxon defeat resulted in their forced christening and the absorption of Old Saxony into the Carolingian Empire.
  • The south coast of the Baltic Sea was ruled by the Obotrites, a federation of Slavic tribes loyal to the Carolingians and later the Frankish empire.

• Introduction to the Renaissance

  • The word Renaissance has also been extended to other historical and cultural movements, such as the Carolingian Renaissance and the Renaissance of the 12th century.

• Feudalism

  • Feudalism, in its various forms, usually emerged as a result of the decentralization of an empire: especially in the Carolingian empires, which lacked the bureaucratic infrastructure necessary to support cavalry without the ability to allocate land to these mounted troops.