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Charlemagne and the Franks

Charlemagne and the Franks. Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Middle Ages (500-1500). Disruption of Trade Foreign invaders Cities Crumble Cities abandoned Population Flees Rural refuge. Decline of Western Europe . Population flight to rural areas. Greek language loses significance.

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Charlemagne and the Franks

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  1. Charlemagne and the Franks Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Middle Ages (500-1500)

  2. Disruption of Trade • Foreign invaders • Cities Crumble • Cities abandoned • Population Flees • Rural refuge Decline of Western Europe

  3. Population flight to rural areas. • Greek language loses significance. • Priests and church officials. • Culture and history suffer. • New oral tradition. • No written language • Languages become muddled and differentiated. Learning Declines

  4. Roman provinces fall; tribes fill vacuum. • Unwritten rules and traditions. • Stress placed on personal loyalty. • Not loyalty toward the state. • Church remains in tact. Rise of the Germanic Kingdoms

  5. Clovis; leader of the Franks in Gaul. • Christian ruler • 496 – leads warriors to fight Germanic army. Frankish Fortune

  6. “For I have called on my gods, but find that they are far from my aid…. Now I call on Thee. I long to believe in Thee. Only, please deliver me from my enemies.” Clovis’ Plea

  7. Clovis; leader of the Franks in Gaul. • Christian ruler • 496 – leads warriors to fight Germanic army. • Tide of war shifts. • Baptism. • 511 – Clovis unites the Franks Frankish Fortune

  8. 7th century Christianization. • Monasteries and convents and rural life • Monks and nuns followed strict codes. Christian Expansion

  9. 590 – Gregory I; expands papacy into secular affairs. • Infrastructure and army • Lombards. • Christendom’s Middle Aged influence. • 7th and 8th century monasteries grow as most educated section of Europe. • Keeping literature alive. Church Influence

  10. Franks govern most of France. • 719 - Charles Martel • Unofficial ruler • Armies, policies, royal household. • Christian leader and expansion of Franks. • Defeat of Muslims in Battle of Tours (732) An Empire Expands

  11. Pepin the Short; son of Charles Martel. • Defends Church against Lombards. • Pope appoints him ‘king by the grace of God.’ • Birth of the Carolingian Dynasty (751-987). A Strong Alliance

  12. Pepin dies in 768. • Two heirs, Charlemagne and Carloman • Carloman dies in 771 (mysteriously?) • Charlemagne takes sole control over Empire. • A well-respected and powerful man. Charlemagne

  13. Builds greatest empire since Rome. • By 800 he maintains the strongest empire in Western Europe. • Protects Pope Leo III • Coronation of Roman Emperor; European King. The Greatness

  14. Limited noble power. • Encouraged learning. • Surrounded by multi-national scholars. • Opened schools around Europe. • Through the monasteries. The Reformist

  15. Charlemagne leaves empire to Louis the Pious. • Very religious but ineffective. • Louis passes it on to his three sons. • Dividing the empire and dissolving central authority. • Bringing the era of feudalism. • Int’l Charlemagne Prize In the End…

  16. What are some of Charlemagne’s greatest legacies? • What makes him great? • How does Charlemagne’s Frankish empire speak to humanity seeking a society? • Other historically relevant connections? The Payoff

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