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