Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Visigoths, Burgundians, Ostrogoths, and Vandals take over. ...
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AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE… Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Visigoths, Burgundians, Ostrogoths, and Vandals take over. Trade stops, people move out of cities, and the exchange of ideas completely stops. The Franks emerge as the most powerful of these groups.
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AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE…
Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Visigoths, Burgundians, Ostrogoths, and Vandals take over.
Trade stops, people move out of cities, and the exchange of ideas completely stops.
The Franks emerge as the most powerful of these groups.
CLOVIS First major Frank
ruler in Gaul Brought
Christianity to Gaul Defeated Visigoths Extends Frank rule
across modern day France
BENEDICT Created a strict
set of rules for monasteries
Established Benedictine order
Made learning “religious” during the Middle Ages
CHARLES MARTEL Nicknamed “The
Hammer” Defeated invading
Muslims at Battle of Tours, kept Muslim expansion into Western Europe limited to Spain
Strengthened power of Franks
Started Carolingian Dynasty
CHARLEMAGNE Built greatest empire of
the European Middle Ages
Crowned “Roman Emperor” by Pope Leo III
Conquered lands to South and East
Was able to limit power of nobles and lords (one of only leaders of Middle Ages to be able to do this)
What happens to the Franks?
Weak leadership and invasions cause the empire to be split soon after Charlemagne dies
Leads to more popularity for feudalism
WHAT WAS IT? A German (and sometimes Italian)
empire created in the tradition of Charlemagne’s Frankish empire and the Roman Empire
Not really Holy (conflicts with church), Roman (based mostly around Germans), or an Empire (did not have diverse group of citizens).
OTTO THE GREAT Idolized Charlemagne Formed close alliance
between what would become the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope
Took over part of modern-day Italy
Crowned King in 936, crowned emperor in 962
HENRY IV of GERMANY
Famously involved in investiture controversy with Pope Gregory VII
Lost power for secular rulers everywhere
POPE GREGORY VII
Famously won power for church after humiliating Henry IV at the Showdown at Canossa (1077).
Issue is finally solved at Concordat of Worms (1122).
FREDERICK I Known as
“Barbarossa” Angered the Pope
and Italian merchants, losing significant power
Famous Crusader Drowned in 1190
Why do we care? Church gains power Europe does not unite-
leads to further spread of feudalism
