Transcript GERMANIC KINGDOMS and CHARLEMAGNE

GERMANIC KINGDOMS
AND CHARLEMAGNE
GERMANIC KINGDOMS AND
CHARLEMAGNE
• Germanic vs Roman society
• Romans= govt. and the law; Germans- unwritten rules
and traditions and family/tribe/community
• Franks hold power in Gaul; led by Clovis who converts
to Christianity; he is founder of the Merovingian dynasty;
by 511 he unites the Franks; the church supports him
because he is Christian; this forms a strategic alliance
• the role of monks, nuns and monasteries
• 590 Gregory I (Gregory the Great) becomes Pope; very
historically important because Church is now involved in
secular politics
CLOVIS
PEPIN THE SHORT
GERMANIC KINGDOMS AND
CHARLEMAGNE
• major domo= “mayor of the palace”; what does he do?
• 719- Charles Martel; Battle of Tours (732); Charles
passes his power on to his son Pepin the Short; Pope
Stephen II makes Pepin king, which begins the
Carolingian dynasty and ends the Merovingian
• Pepin has two sons: Charlemagne and Carloman; they
are co-rulers but Carloman dies in 4 years; Charlemagne
becomes one of the greatest kings in European history;
often called “father of Europe”
• 800- Charlemagne goes to Rome to crush a revolt
against the Pope; Pope Leo III names him “Holy Roman
Emperor” as a reward
CHARLEMAGNE
AACHEN
CATHEDRALCHARLEMAGNE’S
CHAPEL
GERMANIC KINGDOMS AND
CHARLEMAGNE
• Charlemagne’s son Louis the Pious takes over after his
death
• Charlemagne and government
• Charlemagne and education