FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Carolingian Empire, Emmeram Of Regensburg, Ottonian Dynasty
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Charlemagne had one legitimate son, louis who had three sons. Louis" son #3 came from wife #2. A bit of a rivalry going on. Charlemagne gave empire to one child, louis. Louis then gives it to his three children, who then gives it to their own children. The once mighty carolingian empire is reduced to a bunch of small territorial holdings by many alter. Carolingians all of whom think are the inheritor of the carolingian counsel, but none were particularly powerful in any meaningful way, In the 900s, another family, ottonians, becomes quite powerful: otto 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Meanwhile in the east, come the hungarians. The carolingian empire is caught in a pincer. Otto 1st was powerful enough to become an emperor. Title: codex aureus; the golden book, st emmeram. Picture of charles enthroned over a canopy. Flanked by members of the court, and women wearing crowns holding cornucopias.
