1. The Rise of Europe: The Franks Global Studies 9 Mr. Zourdos

2. Timeline of the Franks  481 A.D- Clovis becomes king of the Franks  732-Franks defeat Muslims at Tours  751- Charlemagne becomes king of the Franks  800- Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Emperor.  814- Charlemagne dies.  843- Charlemagne’s grandsons divide up empire in 3 parts.

3. Location of the Franks  The Franks settled in Gaul, which is present day France, Northern Italy, Belgium, western Switzerland, parts of the Netherlands and Germany

4. King Clovis  Became king in 481 A.D.  Conquered former Roman Province of Gaul  Converted to Christianity

5. Charles Martel  Ruled Northern Gaul from 719 A.D. to 741 A.D.  Helped to convert Germany to Christianity  Defeated Muslim army at Tours in 732 A.D.

6. King Charlemagne  The grandson of Charles Martel  Became king of the Franks in 751  In 800 Pope Leo, crowned him emperor of the Romans on Christmas day  Was able to reunite much of the old Roman empire in Europe, and created a Frankish empire

7. Charlemagne continued  Appointed powerful German nobles to rule local regions  To keep control of the provincial rulers sent out officials called missi domenici  Had respected scholar Alcuin set up a curriculum based on Latin learning and this became educational model for medieval Europe.

8. Charlemagne’s Empire

9. Charlemagne a few images

10. Decline of the Franks  Charlemagne dies in 814 and his empire soon fell apart  Treaty of Verdun, drew up by grandsons of Charlemagne divide empire in 3 parts  New attacks from Magyars and Vikings destroyed the last threads of unity in Charlemagne’s empire

11. The Empire after treaty of Verdun

12. Verbal Ticket out  What was one of the major achievements of the Franks?