More on Middle Ages
- Clovis unites franks into one kingdom and church and Frankish rulers convert to Christianity
- The church and Franks get people to convert to Christianity
- Benedict wrote rules for monks and monasteries to follow: vows to poverty, chastity, obedience, and study
- His sister Scholastica did the same for nuns
- Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books( Bibles, Greek texts)
- Venerable Bede wrote an amazing history of England
- Franks controlled the largest empire at the time in Gaul, it was ruled by Clovis the time period Clovis ruled was called Merovingian Dynasty
- Charles the Hammer (Charles Martel) extended the Franks reign to the north, south, and east which led to the spread of Christianity into those areas (like the new world) instead of the Muslim religion
- Pepin the Short was Charles the Hammer's son and the pope named him "king by the grace of God" which started the Carolingian Dynasty
- Pepin had two sons, Carolman and Charles
- Carolman died so Charles or Charlemagne took over(he was also called Charles the Great)
- He built the greatest empire since Rome
- He fought Muslims in Spain, fought Germanic tribes, and reunited the western empire
- Doing this he spread Christianity like crazy
- He became the most powerful king in western Europe
- Pope Leo then crowned him emperor signaling the joining of Germanic power, the church, and the heritage of the Roman Empire
- Charlemagne's government: He limited the authority of nobles and he regularly visited every part of his kingdom, he also encouraged learning and had monasteries open schools for everyone, he was a man of the people like Julius Caesar
- Unfortunately after Charlemagne died Louis the Pious was ineffective and Pious's sons split up the kingdom at the Treaty of Verdun
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