Carolingian Empire

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Frankish realm medieval empire

The Carolingian Empire was a large medieval Frankish realm in Western and Central Europe, most associated with Charlemagne and the revival of imperial authority in the West.

Aliases (3)

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Frankish realm → medieval empire →
administrativeOffice	count (comes) → missus dominicus →
administrativeUnit	county (comitatus) →
allianceWith	Papacy →
border	Byzantine Empire (periodically) → Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba (via Spanish March) →
capital	Aachen → Ingelheim (palace center) → Regensburg (periodically) →
continent	Europe →
country	Austria (part) → Belgium (part) → France (part) → Germany (part) → Italy (part) → Luxembourg (part) → Netherlands (part) → Spain (part – Spanish March) → Switzerland (part) →
culturalInnovation	Carolingian minuscule →
currency	silver denarius →
declineCause	Viking, Magyar, and Saracen raids → internal divisions and succession disputes →
dividedInto	East Francia → Middle Francia → West Francia →
endDate	888 →
event	Coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor by Pope Leo III →
eventDate	800-12-25 →
followedBy	East Francia → Holy Roman Empire → Middle Francia → West Francia →
governmentType	feudal monarchy → monarchy →
historicalEra	Carolingian era →
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages →
knownFor	Carolingian Renaissance → reform of education and script → revival of imperial authority in Western Europe →
language	Latin → Old French (Gallo-Romance varieties) → Old High German →
legalSystem	Capitularies of the Carolingians →
militaryConflict	Avar wars → Lombard campaigns → Saxon Wars →
namedAfter	Carolingian dynasty →
notableRuler	Charlemagne → Charles the Bald → Lothair I → Louis the German → Louis the Pious →
patronOf	monastic scholarship → scriptoria and manuscript production →
precededBy	Frankish Kingdom under the Merovingians → Kingdom of the Franks →
region	Central Europe → Western Europe →
religion	Catholic Christianity →
religiousInstitution	Carolingian Church reforms →
rulingDynasty	Carolingian dynasty →
startDate	800-12-25 →
successionLaw	partible inheritance among sons →
treaty	Treaty of Verdun →
treatyDate	843 →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carolingian Renaissance ("Frankish Empire") → Carolingian dynasty ("Frankish Empire") → County of Cerdanya ("Frankish Empire") → Palace School at Aachen ("Frankish Empire") →	country
Duchy of Burgundy → East Francia → Kingdom of France → Lower Burgundy →	predecessor
Battle of Tours → Renovatio imperii Romanorum → siege of Paris (845) →	associatedWith
Carolingian Renaissance → East Francia → Saxon Wars ("Carolingian expansion") →	partOf
Alcuin of York ("Frankish Empire") → Louis the Pious ("Frankish Empire") →	deathPlace
County of Barcelona → County of Cerdanya →	overlord
Saxon Wars →	belligerent
Gregorian chant →	codifiedIn
Christianization of Saxony →	countryInvolved
Theodulf of Orléans ("Frankish Empire") →	countryOfCitizenship
Carolingian minuscule →	developedUnder
Franks →	formedCoreOf
Carolingian minuscule ("Frankish Empire") →	geographicRegion
Duke of Gascony →	hasHistoricalConnection
Carolingian dynasty →	hasPart
Christianization of Scandinavia →	influencedBy
Palace School at Aachen →	locatedIn
Frankish annals →	mainTopic
First Bulgarian Empire ("Frankish Empire") →	neighbor
imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 →	politicalContext
Holy Roman Empire →	precededBy
Vikings ("Frankish Empire") →	raidedRegion
Louis the Pious →	realm
imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 →	relatedTo
Old Dutch ("Frankish Empire") →	spokenIn
Kingdom of the Lombards →	successor
Aachen ("Carolingian Empire (de facto)") →	wasCapitalOf