The Muslims have at
this point become a religion and controlled some of Africa, and worked their
way up through Europe.
If the muslims had
won this battle, then they could have just walked right through Europe and take
it over. Everyone would be muslim.
Battle of tours in 732.
Charles Martel's son
is Pepin the Short
He works with the
Church and is named king by the grace of God, by the Pope
Pepin the short dies
in 768, leaving two sons
Name because he may
have been under 5 foot or had a short temper
Son 1- Carloman-
dies in 771
Son2- Charles, known
as Charlemagne, meaning Charles the Great-
not the pope, but held a cross
- combination of power, and religion
- his attempt to create the strongest army since Rome
- he is reuniting western Europe
- pope leo crowned him king on Christmas
- wants the nobles to have less power
- want to travel to see all of his people
-wants to open schools for everyone
- reminds us of Caesar
- the leaders following his were awful
- his grandsons can't figure out who to rule, therefore split the kingdom up at the Treaty of Verdun in 843 AD.
- -1453- Medieval times start
- How it started?
- When Romulus augustulus was disposed as emperor in 476
- The west, crumbled
- The east became the byzantine empire
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