Frank Rosenthal

the Middle Ages was Charlemagne who was a part of the Carolingian Dynasty. Under Charlemagne’s rule, Western Europe was unified, Christianity spread and a cultural light began to flicker. The Carolingian Dynasty started with Clovis who united the Franks under his rule. Clovis was losing a battle and he prayed to god. The battle swung in his favor and he switched his fate to Christianity. His 3,000 troops followed him to Christianity as well. The church then funded all of his battles. When Clovis

Throughout Charlemagne’s reign, he was continuously expanding his vast empire while also improving it internally. Charlemagne was the Kings of Franks from 771-814 and also the Holy Roman Emperor from 800-814, born in the late 740s (the exact date is unknown/debated) near Liège in modern day Belgium. Charlemagne was illiterate despite frequently being called “the education emperor” as he strongly supported education and literacy. Charlemagne’s father, Pepin III had the Frankish empire and when he

of the franks when Charlemagne was nine. It is unknown where Charlemagne was born and where he received his education, but he did show talent for knowing many different

the Roman empire and is described as “prevailing ignorance and barbarism and was forced to a change in culture and enlightenment.” Charlemagne is said to be born around the year 740. His primary language was Latin and he understood many others. The Frank kingdom, which is known modern day France, Belgium and Western Germany was given to Charlemagne around 751. Most of his wars and battles were fought to gain land, armies, and to convert people to practice the faith of his religion, Christianity. Although

With the decline of the Western Roman empire Western Europe was a disjointed land that had no true unifying structure till the rise of Christianity. In Roman antiquity people used the State or empire of Rome to define themselves and give them a sense of unity despite having a diverse group of people within the empire. When Western Rome fell this belief based on a Roman cultural identity disappeared and no longer were people able to identify themselves with any particular group as they once have

Feudalism FEUDALISM is a disputed term. Not used at the time. It was invented by jurists in the Renaissance to describe the property laws and customs of the middle ages. A fief, or feudum, was land held by a man from his lord, in return for which he was to provide him with knight services and/or financial payments. Marx contrasted it to capitalism in the widest sense of that word so he inflated the term to mean the political, social, economic, and cultural system of Medieval Europe.

entirety of the medieval era, the Carolingian Empire that was established during that period made both a historical and cultural impact on medieval society that would resonate for years to come. Until the empire fell in 888, the Carolingian House of the Franks initially brought stability and progress to most of Europe, as well as pioneering a cultural and intellectual renaissance that influenced the remainder of the Middle Ages. Although there were various Carolingian rulers who aided these advances, it

Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great, was born around the 2nd of April 747 and died on the 28th of January 814. He was noted down in history as King of the Franks, a Germanic-speaking people who invaded western Rome residing in current day Germany, the King of the Lombards, Germanic people who resided in parts of the Italian peninsula, and finally was the First Holy Roman Emperor. Another name that has been bestowed upon Charlemagne was the title “Father of Europe”. Due to the Carolingian

Charlemagne Charlemagne, Charles the Great, Carlos Magnus, Karl der Grosse, the eldest son of Pepin III, was born April 2, 0742 probably in Aachen, Austrasia (now Germany) (Winston, 2015). He was raised in an environment of change from the Franks primarily pagan worship lifestyle to one of Christian beliefs with strong family ties to the popes and missionaries of the times. His great grandfather Clovis, had converted to Christianity under the influence of his Christian wife, and his reign

through architecture, music, and literature which brought meaning to his life; today people bring similar meaning to their lives thought the arts they encounter. On December 25th in the year 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the emperor of the Franks, leading to his Carolingian empire influence and creating the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne’s motivation for his empire was “Renovatio Romani Imperii,” which translates into “Renewal of the Roman Empire.” This was a two-pronged approach through religion