Carolingian art survives in manuscripts, sculpture, architecture and other religious artifacts produced during the period 780-900. These artists worked exclusively for the emperor, members of his court, and the bishops and abbots associated with the court.

Classical Greco-Roman

Petrarch’s rediscovery of Cicero’s letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch’s sonnets were admired and imitated throughout Europe during the Renaissance and became a model for lyrical poetry.

Carolingian architecture: A style of northern European pre-Romanesque architecture belonging to the period of the late eighth and ninth centuries. It was a conscious attempt to emulate Roman architecture and thus borrowed heavily from early Christian and Byzantine architecture.

The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large Frankish-dominated empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, which had ruled as kings of the Franks since 751 and as kings of the Lombards in Italy from 774.

the Carolingian Empire

Carolingian minuscule or Caroline minuscule is a script which developed as a calligraphic standard in the medieval European period so that the Latin alphabet of Jerome’s Vulgate Bible could be easily recognized by the literate class from one region to another.

The major accomplishments of Charlemagne include developing the rules of the feudal system, encouraging reading and writing throughout his empire, developing commerce with a unified monetary system, and the unification of all Germanic peoples into a single kingdom through his crusades, which sought to convert all …

Terms in this set (11) Charlemagne’s greatest accomplishments were encouraged by education, scholarships, making a center of culture, and unified almost all christian lands of Europe into a single kingdom. The Catholic Church helped him because the pope helped him build his empire.

Depending on the context, events such as the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas in 1492, or the Protestant Reformation in 1517 are sometimes used. English historians often use the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 to mark the end of the period.

What is Charlemagne’s legacy? Charlemagne’s legacy was that he extended Christian civilization into northern Europe and furthered the blending of German, Roman and Christian traditions. He also set up a strong, efficient government.

Charlemagne was known as the “father of Europe.” How does this map help to explain that title? It shows that Charlemagne united eastern and western Europe. It shows that Charlemagne’s empire was as large as that of the Franks. It shows that Charlemagne’s empire was more powerful than the Roman Empire.

In this lecture, Professor Freedman discusses the crisis and decline of Charlemagne’s empire. Increasingly faced with external threats – particularly the Viking invasions – the Carolingian Empire ultimately collapsed from internal causes, because its rulers were unable effectively to manage such a large empire.