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Charlemagne's capital?
Aachen
Who is the scholar largely responsible for Carolingian Renaissance?
Alcuin
Who was the Scholar from Charlemagne's Court who began revival of schools?
Alcuin
Which battle was won by Charles Martel, defeated the Muslims and stopped them from making a Muslim empire in Europe?
Battle of Tours
Charlemagne is also know as..?
"Charles the Great"
Who was the leader of the Franks (France)?
Charlemagne
Who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe?
Charlemagne
Who defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours?
Charles Martel
Charles Martel is known as….?
"the hammer"
Who was the Frankish king that converted to Orthodoxy?
Clovis
Who was the Lombard king that was conquered by Charlemagne in Pavia?
Desiderius
Who were the 3 invaders that brought about the downfall of the Carolingian Dynasty?
Hungarians, Vikings, Aghlabid
illiterate - meaning
cannot read or write
What is the sacred Saxon shrine(dead tree trunk) that was destroyed by Charlemagne?
Irminsul
What was the focus of the schools of the Carolingian Renaissance
(the ability to read or write) - Literacy
What did the Scholars of the Carolingian Renaissance create?
Lower-case letters
Who were monastic schools for?
Monks and Clerks
Who was crowned King of the Franks by the pope?
Pepin the Short
Who fled to Charlemagne for help?
Pope Leo
Who crowned Charlemagne "Augustus”
Pope Leo
Who did Charlemagne want to covert to Christianity?
Saxons
What was the romantic legend about Hroudland?
Song of Roland - (not historically accurate)
Which treaty split the land of Charlemagne's grandsons?
The treaty of Verdun
What was the religion of the Roman Gaul?
Orthodox Christian
Who did he have a great victory over?
Saxons
When did Pope Leo III crown Charlemagne "Holy Roman Emperor"?
on Christmas Day, 800 AD
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