REVIEW AND THE DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE CHARLEMAGNE AND THE CAROLINGIANS
BELL WORK -Read pages in your book and then answer the following question: Who were the Carolingians and what are they most remembered for (5 sentences)
REVIEW GAME 1. You are going to work on your own to answer the following questions. 2. Please mark your answers as we go. 3. The person with the most answers correct at the end wins! 4. There are 23 points possible
WHO WAS THE FIRST FRANK TO UNITE ALL OF GAUL? Pepin of Heristal
WHO DEFEATED THE MUSLIMS AT THE BATTLE OF TOURS (732) Charles Martel
WHO WAS THE FIRST MAYOR OF THE HOUSEHOLD TO BE CROWNED KING OF THE FRANKS? Pepin the Short
AFTER PEPIN THE SHORT’S DEATH WHO TOOK POWER? BE CAREFUL! Charlemagne and Carloman
CHARLEMAGNE MEANS WHAT IN FRENCH? Charles the Great
CHARLEMAGNE RULED WELL BY DOING WHAT 3 THINGS? 1. careful alliances with aristocracy 2. continued warfare with neighbors 3. good management
ON CHARLEMAGNE’S 4 TH VISIT TO ROME IN 800 AD HE RECEIVED WHAT FROM WHOM? 1. The Crown of Rome, Imperial Crown 2. Pope Leo III
WHAT WAS CHARLEMAGNE’S HISTORIAN’S NAME? Einhardt
WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE CAROLINGIAN GOVERNMENT The emperor/ king
THE HEAD OF PALACE CLERGY Chaplain
THE COUNT OF THE PALACE Chief Lay Official
DID TRAVELING INSPECTIONS Missi Dominici
CURRENCY WAS BASED ON A SINGLE (SILVER) COIN CALLED A Denarius
WHAT IS THE PICTURE AN EXAMPLE OF?
CHARLOMAGNE’S TRUSTED ADVISOR AND EDUCATOR FROM SAXONY Alcuin of York
LANGUAGE INVENTED SO THAT ALL SERVICES AND EDUCATION COULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE SAME MANNER Medieval Latin
7 PART SCHOOLING CREATED BY THE CAROLINGIANS The Liberal Arts
THE FIRST THREE WERE CALLED WHAT? THE NEXT FOUR WERE CALLED WHAT? The Trivium The Quadrivium
CLIP(S)! c
RED PAGES BEFORE WE BEGIN CAROLINGIAN SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND DECLINE
ARISTOCRATIC CULTURE Popular culture remained mostly oral, not written Common entertainments were oral poetry, fighting, hunting, and buying expensive goods from around the world. Aristocrats looked to live a life of luxury
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY The agricultural economy was improving (remember ch. 6) Large estates farmed by serfs provided food, cloth, and wine Most cities were small Trade was conducted by traveling merchants
ART AND ARCHITECTURE As Charlemagne conquered new areas new churches, monasteries, and convents were built. It was a period of major building. Byzantine architecture was the model for most major churches including Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) Many of the churches included mosaics or painted walls just like the Byzantines
REASONS FOR THE DECLINE OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE 1. Division of the empire 2. New Invasions
DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE Charlemagne left his empire to his weak son, Louis the Pious Louis’ family turned on him and at his death his three sons (Louis the German, Lothair, and Charles the Bald) divided the empire The Treaty of Verdun split the Carolingian empire in 843 and established 3 separate kingdoms
DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE Carolingian rulers feuded The loyalty of the military aristocracy declined The bonds holding the government to its’ people dissolved.
NEW INVASIONS (S) Muslims form North Africa invaded Sicily and southern Italy in 827, attacked Rhone in 842, and raided Rome in 846 (E) Magyars moved into the Danube River Valley in 895 (N) Scandinavians/ Vikings