The Franks
This Frankish king was the first to convert to Catholicism
Who was Clovis?
This is the name of the small divisions of the empire created by Charlemagne
What are counties?
This school was the university created by Charlemagne at Aachen.
What was the Palace School?
This country in central Italy was created by Pepin to give the pope autonomy.
This "mayor of the palace" beat the Muslim army at Tours in 732 AD
Who was Charles Martel?
Several counties combined to form this.
What is a Duchy?
This man was the director of the Palace School and helped to plan other schools in the kingdom.
Who was Alcuin?
This was the name of the Pope who crowned Charlemagne as king of the Romans.
Who was Pope Leo III?
This king started out as mayor of the palace, but then was anointed as king by Boniface after he asked the pope.
Who was Pepin?
These are small landowners who gave up land In exchange for a lord's protection
What are vassals?
Charlemagne learned to speak these two languages as an adult
What are Latin and Greek?
In addition to the Church, Charlemagne gave a lot of money to ________
What is "the poor"
What is weak kings?
Charlemagne's son, Louis the Pious, divided the empire into three countries for his sons. There names are:
Who are Lothair, Charles, and Louis?
Charlemagne wanted a school at every, monastery, cathedral, and even every ______.
What is village?
Charlemagne wanted to convert these people by force, but Alcuin warned him against it.
Who were the Slavic tribes?
This famous knight has an epic French poem named after him
Who was Roland?
The outdoor meeting where Charlemagne would discuss the laws with his people
What is a mayfield?
Until Charlemagne was an adult, he did not know how to ____ and _____.
What is read and write?
The Byzantine empire, which was supposed to protect the pope, did not defend him from this Germanic tribe in Italy. This is why the Pope asked help from the Franks.
Who were the Lombards?