1 / 29

How The Holy Roman Empire Became Prone To Viking Attack

How The Holy Roman Empire Became Prone To Viking Attack. Charlemagne tried to bring the West back to the way it was in the good old days (right after the edict of Milan).

zoltin
Download Presentation

How The Holy Roman Empire Became Prone To Viking Attack

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. How The Holy Roman EmpireBecame Prone To Viking Attack

  2. Charlemagne tried to bring the West back to the way it was in the good old days (right after the edict of Milan). He tried to bring about a kind of a renaissance. Many people believe that during his life, he did bring about a mini renaissance. He was a powerful leader and a great defender of the Church. 800: Pope Crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the West. We haven’t had an emperor in the West since Romulus Augustulus

  3. “In 782, Charlemagne allegedly had 4500 Saxons beheaded at the Massacre of Verden” Who Was Charlemagne?

  4. Charlemagne’s Empire: Small in comparison to the Muslim Empire CHARLEMAGNE FORCED US SAXONS TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY

  5. Charlemagne Had 3 Sons--Louis the Pius, Pepin & Charles--Louis was Crowned (by the pope) as Co-EmperorLouis was to become the next Holy Roman Emperor I AM CO-EMPEROR WITH MY DADDY

  6. Emperor Louis then divided the empire between his 3 sons—Lothair, Louis II and Pepin. Lothaire became Co-Emperor with his dad Louis, ruling the middle part of the empire After Charlemagne Died…

  7. But Emperor Louis the Pious Married Again…the Beautiful Judith HE BETTER GIVE PART OF THE EMPIRE TO THE NEW SON I WILL GIVE HIM (I CAN SEE INTO THE FUTURE).

  8. When Judith’s Baby Boy Was Born… AS EMPEROR, I WILL CERTAINLY GIVE LAND TO OUR BABY CHARLES (EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY, I KNOW HIS BROTHERS WON’T LIKE IT) SEE DO I CARE… JUST GIVE MY CHARLES HIS SHARE OF THE EMPIRE

  9. Pepin But Louis’ Original Sons Didn’t Want Their Portion of the Empire To Be Taken From Them DUDE, WHAT’S DAD DOING WITH OUR INHERITANCE? LET’S JOIN FORCES AND ATTACK DAD TAKING LAND FROM US…GIVING IT TO HIS NEW “SON”

  10. POPE INTERVENES THESE FRANKS SHOULD BE DEFENDING THEIR EMPIRE, ***AND*** DEFENDING THE PAPAL STATES LOUIS’ SONS ARE WHAT? I GOTTA GO TALK TO LOUIS OMG…THE MUSLIMS AND VIKINGS WILL COME SOON

  11. Pope had a meeting with the Emperor close to the battle field While they were talking, Louis’ 3 sons were trying to convince Louis’ army (In the field) to leave Louis They promised to give them whatever they wanted. The spot is called the Field of Lies. Louis came out and his army was gone!! Louis surrendered. Louis the Pious’ Army Disappeared The “Field of Lies” Er…. Where’d My Army Go? YOUR ARMY TOTALLY DISSED YOU

  12. MY 3 SONS CONQUERED ME! HOW AM I GOING TO TELL JUDITH? GUESS I’M GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THIS IMPERIAL CROWN TO LOTHAIRE, THE NEW EMPEROR

  13. PRETTY COOL BEING THE SOLE EMPEROR MY BROTHERS MUST OBEY ME I’VE GOT THE POWER I SHALL DIVIDE MY SECTION OF THE EMPIRE AMONG MY 3 SONS

  14. I THINK THE WHOLE EMPEROR THING IS GOING TO LOTHIRE’S HEAD YEA…HE IS TOTALLY SPAZING OUT… HE BETTER TREAT US WELL…OR WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK TO DAD

  15. The Vikings came from Scandinavia They first went to England and then invaded Europe (just as the Germanic tribes had done before them). When the Vikings would attack, the ordinary folk would seek refuge from the local lord. They worked for the lord in return for protection. This is known as the feudal system. So, basically, Europe went from experiencing a mini renaissance, to being a feudal society. Vikings Attack!!!(Feudal System Grows In Response)

  16. Viking Attack: Migration of the Nations, take 2

  17. Vikings used their longboats to get into the heart of Europe Viking Raids Targeted The Church

  18. Vikings Targeted Monasteries Burned the Christian Books Vikings Then Destroyed and Burned Monasteries Important manuscripts destroyed Vikings Target Monasteries

  19. Killed Whoever Got In Their Way Killed Priests and Religious Raped and Killed Nuns Vikings Killed At Will

  20. CONQUERING THE WESTERN EMPIRE IS A PIECE OF CAKE… THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE HAS NO CENTRALIZED ARMY AND LOUIS’ BROTHERS ARE TOO DISTRACTED WITH INHERITANCE ISSUES IT’S SO SWEET BEING A VIKING!!! WE GET TO KILL PEOPLE, DESTROY STUFF, RAPE, STEAL CHRISTIAN TREASURE, BURN, AND DRINK ALL WE WANT I HEAR THE MUSLIMS ARE ATTACKING THE EMPIRE FROM THE SOUTH… THAT JUST MAKES THINGS EASIER FOR US

  21. Monks buried Their Treasures In Fields, only to be found hundreds of years later. Undiscovered treasures remain Vikings Loved Raiding England and Ireland For Their Christian Riches!

  22. Even Russia Got Hit Vikings even made it to Constantinople (800s), where they saw images being destroyed (again) The pope was aware that iconoclasm was again taking root in the Eastern Empire Frequent Viking Raids

  23. Killed Everyone in Attendance Burned the Cathedral To the Ground Then Looted the Entire City The Vikings were hardly ever defeated In 843 Vikings Broke into Nantes (France) Cathedral During High Mass

  24. Empress Theodora Another Great Woman Saves The Day 843--Some Good News In The East… LET US RESTORE THE USE OF HOLY IMAGES IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

  25. 120 longboats sail up the Seine and destroy Paris 845—Easter Sunday WHILE THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE DESTROYS IMAGES… WE DESTROY PARIS, NANTES, AND PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING WE WANT

  26. The One and only time in history the Muslims take Rome Destroyed St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Paul’s Took away the treasures from St. Peters, including the alter stone covering St. Peter’s bones The Muslim ship however, was destroyed by a storm of Sicily and all the treasure sunk to the bottom of the sea 846 Muslims Attack Rome!!!

  27. NOT EASY BEING POPE IN THE EARLY 800s THE VIKINGS ARE DESTROYING BENEDICTINE MONASTERIES IF ONLY CHARLEMAGNE’S GRANDSONS WERE LIKE HIM • Pope St. Leo IV was in Rome when Muslims Attacked WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE WESTERN EMPIRE?? THE EMPIRE IS NOT UNIFIED ENOUGH TO DEFEND THE CHURCH

  28. THIS FEUDAL SYSTEM (aka: No-unified-imperial-army-system) DOESN’T REALLY HELP THE CHURCH FOSTER UNITY AND PEACE

  29. He went to Viking Lands and started Churches etc. But the Christian presence in Scandinavia was pretty weak St. Ansgar Was Sent To Convert The Vikings

More Related