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Charlemagne
“Charles the Great”“King of the Franks”“Holy Roman Emperor”
Charlemagne Rises to Power768 AD
Coronation of Pepin III (The Short)
Carloman
Charlamagne
Charlemagne’s Expansions•Well-planned military expeditions
•Spreading Christianity
•Marches
800AD-Charlemagne Crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III
Did Charlemagne seek the coronation or was it a papal attempt to impose the Church’s
will?
Charlemagne’s Reforms1. Political and Administrative
•Counts
•Missi Dominici
•Unity of State and Church
Charlemagne’s Reforms2. Economic Reforms
Money Standards
Rhine-Danube Canal
Better Farming Methods
Charlemagne’s Reforms3. Socio-Cultural Reforms
•Established Schools and Libraries
•Appointed scholars such as Alcuin
•Revived the Arts
•Spreading Christianity
Decline of Charlemagne’s Empire
814
•Charlemagne Died
•One surviving heir
814
•Reign of Louis the Pious
•Shortsighted and weak
843
•Treaty of Verdun
•Empire divided
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