1. Charlemagne and the Carolingians
Charles (the Hammer) Martel
Grandfather
Battle of Tours – 732
Led Christian Franks
His father, Pepin (the Short)
Father
Mayor of the Palace for king of the Franks
Ran the show
Got the Pope to acknowledge that and declare him leader.

2. Charlemagne Charlemagne
King of the Carolingian Empire.
Tall
Fierce warrior, strong statesman, and pious Christian.
Great promoter of learning even though he never learned to read and write himself.
Built churches, roads and schools to unite the empire

3. Carolingian Empire
The empire of Charlemagne, it came to include most of what is now Western Europe.

4. Missi Dominici
Charlemagne set up a great administration to help rule his empire.
He wanted his lands to be a “New Rome”
The Missi Dominici “messengers of the lord king.” These were two men from each of Charlemagne’s territory that reported to Charlemagne to make sure people were obeying his orders.

5. The Crowning of Charlemagne
Charlemagne helped Pope Leo III put down a revolt in Rome.
After, Leo III invited him to attend mass on Christmas Day AD 800.
At the Mass Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans or “Holy Roman Emperor”

6. Crowning of Charlemagne

8. Important Dates Charlemagne Dies: 814 Feudalism spreads throughout
Western Europe: 1050

9. The French Kingdom After the death of Charlemagne:
Western Empire – became France
Heirs fought for the crown
Vikings invaded
Spanish Muslims attacked
No central power
The Lords of the Carolingian family were unable to hold the throne and so the Great Lords of France decided to appoint a king.

10. Hugh Capet Count of Paris or the Île de France.
Appointed king by lords
Made himself more powerful
had the lords elect his son as co-ruler and making the office hereditary.
Established the Capetian Dynasty.

11. Philip Augustus (Philip II)
Defeated King John of England
Seized English holdings
Added more territory to France
Before that Philip had fought in the Third Crusade with Richard the Lion Hearted.

12. Philip IV (Philip the Fair)
Fought with the Pope
Created a government body which could vote to give him money to fund his struggle.
Became the Estates General
This body was made up of three parts
The First Estate: Church Officials
The Second Estate: Nobility
The Third Estate: Townspeople

13. The Holy Roman Empire
Charlemagne’s Eastern Kingdom = Holy Roman Empire
Later Germany
broken into divisions known as duchies
ruled by dukes.
Dukes elected a king,
did not have a lot of power.