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TRS 220: Charlemagne and the Vikings Topic Four |
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TRS 220: Charlemagne and the Vikings Topic Four |
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| Charles the Great: The Establishment of a New Latin Empire and the Spread of Christianity in Northern Europe | |
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A bronze, small statuette that may or may not be Charlemagne. |
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The Four most Significant Reasons Why Charlemagne is Important Charlemagne and his Conquests: Conversion by the Sword Charlemagne and the Church: Legislation Charlemagne and the Papacy: Pope Leo III crowns him Roman Emperor |
Charlemagne's Chapel at Aachen |
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Charlemagne's Dream |
More detailed Map of Political Power ca. 800 Another Map of Charlemagne's Empire |
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Charlemagne's Residence Aachen |
Carolingian Coinage |
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Carolingian Culture (Renaissance?) |
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During the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century, scholars thought that Carolingian manuscripts were so beautiful that they must have been examples of ancient Roman writing. These scholars imitated the Carolingian letter forms.
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School Aachen Charlemagne built a chapel for his palace at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle); it was designed to resemble a Byzantine church in Ravenna, San Vitale |
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Distintergration of the Carolingian World
| Louis the Pious died in 840 |
Viking Ceremonial Helmet Click on helmet |
Vikings, Saracens
(Arabs), and Magyars
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Rus, Ibn Fadlan, 922 Volga River Map King Harald of Norway: Russia: 1031 - Constantinople 1035 - Sicily 1038-1041 |
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Iceland 874 Greenland |
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