1. GERMANIC KINGDOMS 500 A.D.

2. DARK AGES 500-1000 INVASION BY GERMANIC TRIBES USHERS IN NEW ERA !
ROME’S COLLAPSE BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN
EUROPE- POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY!
THIS TIME PERIOD IS REFERRED TO AS :
“ THE MIDDLE AGES OR MEDIEVAL TIMES”
“ THE DARK AGES”
– “ THE LATER OR HIGH MIDDLE AGES”
THIS WAS A TIME PERIOD OF TRANSITION BETWEEN
ANCIENT AND MODERN!!
NEW INSTITUTIONS AROSE THAT HAD HERITAGE IN ROME
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
IDEAS OF GERMANIC TRIBES!!

3. ROME COLLAPSES DARK AGES BEGIN 500-1000
IT LEAVES A LEGACY OF:
LAW
LANGUAGE
RELIGION
DARK AGES BEGIN
A DECLINE IN:
COMMON LANGUAGE
USE OF MONEY
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
LEARNING
CITIES
STRONG CENTRAL GOV’T
POPULATION- SHIFTS URBAN TO RURAL
IMPORTANCE :
CHURCH IS STRONGEST INSTITUTION AND CLERGY MOST EDUCATED
LATIN USED IN CHURCH

4. GERMANIC TRIBES WARRIORS FIGHT OUT OF LOYALTY
NO GOV’T OFFICIALS OR TAXES
LAW BASED ON CUSTOM
NOT WRITTEN LAWS
CLERGY MOST EDUCATED

5. FRANKS EMERGE AS MOST STRONGEST KINGDOM 500S- CLOVIS- 1ST LEADER
MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY
CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY THIS CREATES BOND BETWEEN CHURCH AND KINGDOM
700S-
MAYOR OF PALACE BECOMES MOST
IMPORTANT – KING IN NAME ONLY

6. CHARLES MARTEL-MAYOR OF THE PALACE “THE HAMMER”
FIGHTS THE MUSLIMS AT BATTLE OF TOURS
RESULT- ISLAM DOES NOT SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE!

7. PEPIN THE SHORT 714(724)-768 YOUNGER SON OF CHARLES MARTEL
STARTS THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY
CROWNED BY POPE-
CREATES STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH CHURCH AND KINGS
POPE USES THIS TO JUSTIFY AUTHORITY OVER POLITICAL RULERS!
POPE NEEDS HELP AGAINST LOMBARDS
PEPIN DEFEATS THEM AND GIVES KEYS TO POPE CALLED “PAPAL STATES”
POPE RULED THIS UNTIL THE 1800S!

8. CHARLES THE GREAT AKA : CHARLEMAGNE 742-814
SON OF PEPIN
OVER 6’4 IN ,STRONG RULER
He battled for Christianity
CROWNED KING BY POPE LEO IN Rome-EMPEROR OF ROMANS
CREATES A STRONG GOVERNMENT
FRANKISH KINGDOM REACHES ITS LARGEST SIZE UNDER HIM

9. KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS

10. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CHARLEMAGNE
REUNITES LARGE AREAS OF EUROPE
FRANKISH KINGDOM DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES CONTROLLED BY A COUNT
MISSI DOMENICI TO CHECK ON COUNTS
SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AT ALL COSTS
ESTABLISHES PARISHES FOR THE CHURCH
ESTABLISHES A TITHE -10% OF INCOME TO CHURCH
ESTABLISHES SCHOOLS IN MONASTERIES
PROMOTES REVIVAL OF LEARNING
MONKS COPY ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS

11. DEATH OF CHARLEMAGNE 814 LOUIS THE PIOUS-SON INHERITS KINGDOM
HE DIES KINGDOM DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS SONS –TREATY OF VERDUN -843
EAST- LOUIS THE GERMAN
MIDDLE -LOTHAIR
WEST- CHARLES THE BALD