Social Sudies

Chapter 18 Vocab

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son of Pepin; new Emporor of the Romans; crowned in 800 AD on Chrismas day

Charlemagne

son of Charles Martel; Mayor of the Palace; father of Charlemange

Pepin

first king go the Franks; united all Franks

Clovis

most powerfulMayor of the Palace; "The Hammer"; father of Pepin; Grandfather of Charlemegne

Charles Martel

C's son; divided the Roman Empire among 3 sons weakening it

Louis the Pious

agreement that divided C's empire among his 3 sons

Treaty of Verdun

One of C's warriors and nephew; lost a battle to the Basques

Roland

a noble and the most important official in the king's household; took over the duties of the weak kings

Mayor of the Palace

Charles Martel defeated the Arabs; saved Christianity for western Europe

Battle of Tours

C's capital; Aix-la-Chapelle

Aachen

Germanic group who threatened the pope and tried to take Italy

Lombards

scholar/monk who started the palace school for C

Alcuin

Kept invading towns and monasteries inside Frankish border, C conquered them; Germanic group

Saxons

Germanic people

Franks

traveling musicians

minstrels

people bound to the land

serfs

changed religion

converted

court officials

counts

blessed with holy oil

anointed

nobles; most powerful people in C's empire

lords