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500
Rome Ends
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Period: 500 to
The Franks
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511
clovis's rule ends
after:
-converts, baptised his sons that eventually die
-converts after a battle
-Christianity gets stronger and spreads faster
-conthalasm begins to spread -
Nov 13, 714
charles martel's rule begins
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Nov 13, 741
charles martel's rule ends
-gives land to church before winning the battle of tours
- converts people to fight for him
-preserves Europe from Islam -
Nov 13, 741
Pepin the short's rule
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clovis's rule begins
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Pepin the short's rule ends
-goes to war against Lombards after the Pope needing aid
-charlemagne
- son of Pepin the short, builds schools and churches
-800-chrismas day, crowned emperor of the romans
-holy roman empire, not holy, not an empire, not roman -
louis the pious's rule begins
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louis the pious's rule ends
-short sighted
-doesn’t plan ahead -
treaty of verdun
sons of louis the pious
-charles the bald
-louis the german
-lothar
-3 kingdoms
-treaty of verdun:843(divided empire)