Carolingian aristocracy

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aristocracy elite social class

The Carolingian aristocracy comprised the powerful noble families and elite warriors who dominated political, military, and social life in the Frankish realms under the Carolingian dynasty in the early Middle Ages.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Frankish nobility 2
Carolingian aristocracy canonical 1
Carolingian nobles (group) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocracy ⓘ
elite ⓘ
social class ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Charlemagne ⓘ
Charles the Bald ⓘ
Lothar I ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ
Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ
surface form: Louis the Pious
basedOn control of benefices ⓘ
landed wealth ⓘ
military service ⓘ
royal patronage ⓘ
documentedIn Frankish annals ⓘ
surface form: Annales Regni Francorum

Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Capitularies of Charlemagne

Ordinatio Imperii of 817 ⓘ
surface form: Capitularies of Louis the Pious

Royal diplomas ⓘ
dominates military life in the Frankish realms ⓘ
political life in the Frankish realms ⓘ
social life in the Frankish realms ⓘ
governs counties ⓘ
duchies ⓘ
marches ⓘ
hasEconomicBase church lands ⓘ
large estates ⓘ
royal fisc lands ⓘ
hasLanguage Latin (written culture) ⓘ
Old High German (vernacular) ⓘ
hasRole abbots ⓘ
bishops ⓘ
counts ⓘ
dukes ⓘ
margraves ⓘ
military leaders ⓘ
royal advisers ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 10th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
influences ecclesiastical appointments ⓘ
law-making ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ
maintainsPowerThrough control of offices ⓘ
marriage alliances ⓘ
oaths of fidelity ⓘ
patronage networks ⓘ
participatesIn imperial councils ⓘ
military campaigns ⓘ
royal assemblies ⓘ
partOf Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Germanic kingdoms ⓘ
surface form: Frankish realms
recruitedFrom Carolingian aristocracy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frankish nobility

Gallo-Roman senatorial families ⓘ
warrior elites ⓘ
usesInstitution beneficium ⓘ
honores ⓘ
immunity ⓘ
vassalage ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muspilli → intendedAudience → Carolingian aristocracy ⓘ
Christianization of the Franks → mainParticipants → Carolingian aristocracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish nobility
Carolingian aristocracy → recruitedFrom → Carolingian aristocracy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish nobility
Fastrada → nobleFamily → Carolingian aristocracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Frankish nobility
Breton March → governedBy → Carolingian aristocracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish counts
Saint-Arnoul Abbey, Metz → burialSiteOf → Carolingian aristocracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carolingian nobles (group)