HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: West Francia, Carolingian Empire, Carolingian Renaissance
9 Oct 2020
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The vikings: the vikings were said to have ransacked northern europe. The word "viking" does not denote any particular community. It was used to denote any scandinavian raiders hailing from a number of distinct areas. From the 9th through the 11th centuries, these norsemen migrated into western europe: the normans and franks. Many waves of germanic migrations had already occurred by the time the vikings arrived. The carolingian empire of the franks was a product of the germanic migrations and their. By 800 ce, they had constructed a fragile but imposing structure of imperial governance over. Crowned emperor by the pope in rome, charlemagne could impose his influence as far as. At the carolingian court in aaachen, scholars and thinkers and artists gathered as a part of the. It seemed like the carolingians were in the process of restoring a stable order to the entire region. Charlemagne"s successors splintered soon into factions, warring over fragmented portions of the empire.
