The Early Middle Ages (The Dark Ages?)

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The Early Middle Ages(The Dark Ages?)

• 5th to 10th centuries

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Fall of Rome

• Western Roman Decline
• Germanic Invasions
• Settlement of Germanic Peoples
• European Geography

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The Frankish Kingdom

• Created by Clovis (first Germanic ruler to
  convert to Christianity) who sought to rule Gaul
• Germanic Society

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Do-Nothing Kings

• Incompetent descendants of Clovis damages kingdom
• Recurrent outbreaks of civil war in Europe
• Control of government passed into the hands of
  powerful nobles separate rulers

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Carolingian Family

• Individuals who successfully governed the
  Frankish kingdom in western Europe between the
  8th and 9th centuries
• Charles Martel (Battle of Tours)
• Pepin the short
• Charlemagne

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Charlemagne

• Conquered Lombards, Moslems, Slavs and Saxons
• Increased power of Church
• Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor of the Romans

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Charlemagnes Medieval Empire

• Government
• Missi Dominici who were the messengers of the
  lord king
• Education
• Impact
• Holy Roman Emperor (800 AD)
• (signifies unity of Church, Rome, and Germanic
  elements)

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Charlemagnes Death

• Charlemagnes death in 814 CE was followed by
  years of incompetent rule, invasion, and civil
  war

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Break-up of the Empire

• Treaty of Verdun Charlemagnes grandsons agreed
  to divide his territory
• Louis- eastern part
• (modern Germany)
• Charles western part
• (modern France)
• Lothar- central part (modern Italy)

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New Invasions

• Who invaded Europe?
• Vikings
• Magyars
• Arabs or Moors
• How does this change the political situation in
  Europe?

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Results

• Weak emperors failed to protect their people from
  these invasions forcing them into new
  relationships with one another ? Feudalism

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