e The Carolingian Renaissance is a period in the Middle Ages characterized by the revival of scholarship‚ and tagged with the figure of Charlemagne. After a period of stagnation and certain decadence in the development of intellectual awareness and art which marked the Middle Ages‚ in the second half of the 8th century there is a new uplift in these fields. Charlemagne brings the greatest scholars of his time to his court‚ in a desire to revive the level of artistic creation and nourishment of
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history that had an impact upon a religion? One important event in history that had an impact on the Christian religion was the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was one of history’s largest civilizations‚ comprising of 12% of the world’s population at the time. At its height‚ the empire contained around 100 million citizens. The empire included Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ the Middle East‚ the North African Coast‚ and even stretched across to Turkey. The Roman Empire was first founded in 27 BC by Emperor
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look at humanity. They have created false gods‚ and they have become out of touch with our ways. The events that followed caused mass destruction and the falling of the all-controlling Roman Empire. First was the spreading of Christianity. It was one of the leading causes for the fall of the Roman empire. Then Christianity lead to love and devotion to another god. This god people prayed to was one god‚ and Romans now practiced monotheism for the first time in history. The Christians then changed
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In 1516‚ the Ottoman Empire took over Syria. This signaled the beginning of the Ottoman’s rule over the Middle East. Damascus‚ Syria’s capital city‚ became the trading center for import and export of goods for the Mecca city in Saudi Arabia. Mecca then became a holy city for all Muslims because of the significance of the pilgrimages. This event is significant because it was when Syria was taken over by the Ottomans which caused the start of the Ottoman Empire and led to the declaration of the holy
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Carolingian Renaissance Reform of the Frankish Church under Carolingians -By 741‚ the Frankish Church had held no councils for a long time‚ Pope Zacharias said that ‘priests hardly know was priesthood is’ and Boniface said that Frankish clergy had a reputation for adultery -It needed reform and Carloman I recognized this‚ asking Boniface to convene a synod ‘to correct and amend ecclesiastical discipline’ -742/3 Concilium Germanicum‚ 744 council at Leptinnes both summoned by Carloman and one summoned
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many differing theories or reasons for how the Carolingians gained legitimacy in the deposition of the Merovingians‚ Moore offers an intriguing opinion. “The usurpation was conceived as a reform of kingship based on theocratic concepts of royal power that have been traced to episcopal social thought. These assertions of royal power came to be suffused with a “rhetoric of reform.” This reforming rhetoric‚ became the guiding principle for the Carolingians‚ but sadly had repercussions for the monarchy
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of the Carolingian dynasty occupied brief part of the medieval era‚ the Carolingian Empire that was established made both a historical and cultural impact on medieval society that would resonate for centuries to come. The Carolingian House of the Franks and their expanding empire initially brought stability and progress to most of Europe‚ as well as pioneering a cultural and intellectual renaissance that influenced the remainder of the Middle Ages. Although there were various Carolingian rulers who
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the weakening of the Byzantine Empire caused the papacy to turn elsewhere for protection and support. As the Frankish kingdoms were continually growing in strength during this time‚ it was clear that support from Charles Martel and other Carolingian rulers would be an invaluable asset. The growth of papal integration with Carolingian leaders not only gave them power over rivals‚ but also allowed the Catholic Church to have a strong influence on the Carolingian way of life. The first main effect
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Carolingian Hagiography on Divine Dreams During the 9th and 10th century in Europe a popular genre of writing was forming in the Frankish Realm that focused on the lives of Saints. Nowadays these Saints’ lives are a major tool to investigate late ancient cultures of the middle ages. This new genre of hagiography became one of the major forms of literary production at the time. Such saint’s lives‚ or vitae‚ survive in great numbers because of the genre’s popularity. Careful reading of them reveals
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AD 844 to describe the reign of the most influential Frankish king Charlemagne ( Lectures 1). Charlemagne‚ son of Pepin the Short‚ ruled the Franks for 47 years (Koeller 1). The Carolingian Dynasty‚ of which Charlemagne was a member‚ was established in AD 751 when Pepin dethroned the last Merovingian king. The Carolingians ruled a land that "spoke several different tongues‚ had different cultural and historical traditions‚ and different institutions."(Nelson 2). The great variation found in the people
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