HIST 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mayor Of The Palace, Princeps, Einhard
27 Dec 2015
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Write on main primary source not the external. Don"t write a lot of comment on mckitterick but mainly primary source. Charles martel (688-741) from a large frankish aristocratic family : Becomes maior domus (mayor of the palace) 717. Consolidates frankish territories (aquitaine; alsace) battle of. During an interregnum, takes title dux et princeps francorum (737-41) tours/poitiers against andalusian army. His son pepin iii/pippin the short (pepin le bref) deposes childeric iii (751) and becomes king of the franks (751) (d. 768) His son karl is charlemagne, reigns 768-814. Carolingian dynasty rules to 876 (breaks up) Rise of islamic means byzantine emperor pays lots of attention to them so opening up politically on western side of empire so charlemagne can become emperor / king. Emperors are descendants of charlemagne and religious authority is pope splitting of the roles that in the byzantine empire were occupied by the same person.
