Christian Europe in the Middle Ages

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Christian Europe in the Middle
Ages
From the Franks to Feudalism
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The Merovingian Dynasty, 481-787

• King Clovis I, united the various Frankish tribes
  and conquered most of Gaul
• In 496, he married Clothild who converted him
  to Christianity

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• King Clovis r. 481-511
• After Clovis 250 years of do-nothing kings!
• Mayors of the palace ran the kingdom
• (Carolingian Family)

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Pepin of Heristal, Mayor of the
Palace,687 Started an army of mounted knights by
giving land to loyal retainers. Introduced use
of the stirrup
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• Pepins son Charles Martel, later known as
  Charles the Hammer, cultivated this new
  aristocracy while also giving substantial support
  to Christian missionaries and Monasteries

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The Battle of Tours, 732.
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The Carolingian DynastyPepin III (the Short) r.
752-768
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• Carolus Magnus
• Charles the Great
• Karel de Grote
• Charlemagne King of the Franks (768-814)
  
  Holy Roman Emperor (800-814)

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• Charlemagne
• Conqueror
• Defender of the Church
• Patron of the Arts Learning
• State-builder

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Missi Dominici among the people

• Missi Dominici reporting back to Charlemagne

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The Holy Roman Emperor, 800

• Title did not bring new land or power but
  prestige. The idea of the Holy Roman Empire was
  to last for a thousand years until ended by the
  Napoleonic wars.

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• His religious duty raise the educational level
  of the clergy so they read the Bible and properly
  teach the faith
• Create an enjoyable experience for churchgoers-
  Gregorian chants
• Teach reading and writing - scriptures free of
  copying errors

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Alcuin of York (735-804) oversaw the Palace
School at Aachen, attracting the greatest minds
of the age.
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Carolingian miniscule
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• The Carolingian Renaissance-
• A flowering of art, architecture, literature,
  music and education in an attempt to recapture
  the past glory of the Roman Empire

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The Treaty of Verdun, 843
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Viking Longboats
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Lindisfarne Monastery, 793
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Feudalism and Manorialism

• Invasions, the collapse of central authority, the
  decline in commerce and town life gave rise to
  new political, social and economic
  institutionsfeudalism and manorialism

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• The self-sufficient manor of Medieval Europe