History 114

The date of the fall of the roman empire

476

The date clovis rose to the throne

481

Time period clovis took over the Roman empire

476-511 AD

Merovingian Dynasty

The dynasty that was formed by Clovis that began to fall in 511 Ad following his death and civil war

Carloman

The brother and co king to king charlamagne the frankish king that was killed mysteriously in 771

Carolus Augustus

the name that pope Adrian gave Charlamagne in 800 AD after he protected the pope from being overthrown in Italy by marching into the nation. He crowned him the emperor of the Romans.

Missi Dominici

They were representatives that were chosen by the Frankish emperors during the dark ages. They regularly checked on the districts they were assigned to.

Carolingian Rennaissance

This was an educational shift in the frankish kingdom governed under king Charlamagne, it was an attempt to unite the Frankish church under his rule, this led to him creating schools for monks that taught a specified curriculum, he also standardized writing.

Carolingian Miniscule

The standard writing style we use topday with lower and upper case letters, it included

Medeivil Latin

A standardised form of latin that charlamagne created

Period of the black death

1330-1420

The coldsnap

A period of sudden cold weather in europe in 1315-1316, it was a period of heavy rains that destroyed crops and led to famine.