Charlemagne
Who would step in to rule the empire while Charlemagne would conduct his manager checks?
Chief Lay Official
Which group successfully sacks Rome following the fall of the Carolingians?
Arabs
Who was the first Christian king of the Vikings? He united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Harold "Bluetooth" Gormsson
What was Charlemagne's 5-step plan to get the carolingians educated officially called?
Carolingian Renaissance
Which weapon were the Vikings the least fond of . . . .?
Bow
Which coin does Charlemagne institute as the base coin of his empire?
Denarius
Which treaty effectively ends the reign of the Carolingian Empire and splits it into three kingdoms?
Verdun
Who was Charlemagne's father?
Who was his grandfather?
100 pts each
Pepin the Short
Charles Martel
Which Viking mythical warriors wore nothing into battle and made themselves enraged?
Berserkers
Which region of the heptarchy in Europe was taken first by the Vikings?
Northumbria
Which Pope crowns Charlemagne as "Emperor of Rome"?
Leo III
Which monastery gets raided and looted by the Vikings on the coast of Britain?
Lindisfarne
Which of Charlemagne's sons was a tad weak and decided to split the empire amongst his 3 sons?
Louis the Pious
Which Viking mythical warriors would escort dead warriors to Valhalla?
Valkyries!
What was the land called that the Vikings got to keep after being defeated by Alfred?
Danelaw
Which "spies" would report back to Charlemagne about all the leaders in the empire?
Missi Dominici
Which treaty effectively stopped Viking advance into England?
Wedmore
Which man creates the curriculum for the Carolingians that still exists to this day?
Alcuin of York
What other two names were the Vikings known as by Europeans?
Verangians, Northmen
What were all the legends of Norse mythology called?
Edda
Charlemagne reforms how the whole empire writes. What was the all-lower case handwriting style called?
Carolingian Minuscule
At which event does Charlemagne behead 4,500 Saxons?
Massacre of Verden
Which of Charlemagne's illegitimate sons decided to try to overthrow him? (Full name)
Pepin the Hunchback
King Alfred the Great was from which region of the Heptarchy?
Wessex
Which settlement did the Vikings set up in North America?
Vinland