Today in Class.

Today in class we went over more about Charlemagne with Mr Schicks powerpoint he made. We shoed him our powerpoints, as well. Here are the notes I had taken while we watched the powerpoint:

- BEFORE CHARLEMAGNE
○ Christianity as a territorial phenomenon
○ Government devoted to the enforcement of Christian values
○ Christian theocracy
○ Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) goes secular (worldly power)
○ Church revenues used to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies
○ Gregory's spiritual kingdom extends from Italy to England, from Spain to Germany
○ Charles Martel defeats Muslim raiders at the Battle of Tours (732)
○ Charles Martel had a son named Pepin the Short
○ He was named "king by the grace of God" by the Pope
○ Dies 768
○ Had two sons: Carloman (dies in 771)
○ Charles the Great (Charlemagne
- Charlemagne
○ Charles the Hammer was his grandfather - 688- 741
§ Won the crucial Battle of Tours
○ Charles Martel was his father
○ Renewed emphasis on education and culture
§ Literature, mathematics, art, architecture
§ Opened a palace school
○ He regularly visited every part of his kingdom- hands-on ruling style
○ United most of western Europe for the first time since Rome
○ 47years in charge
○ Age 72
○ Named his son, Louis the Pious, co-emperor
○ Rules from 814 - 840
○ Charlemagne's three sons were not able to decide who could really be the one ruler
○ The ended up cutting it into three pieces

It was bound to fall apart