HI126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hungarian Invasions Of Europe, Charlemagne, Manorialism
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The middle ages= period between the fall of the western roman empire and the. The term middle ages rst appeared in latin in 1469. This period has been called the age of faith or the feudal era or the age of chivalry . With the collapse of the roan empire in the west, western europe disintegrated into competing kingdoms ruled by barbarian kings allied. As king of the franks, carolus magnus or charlemagne constructed the carolingian empire, which covered most of western europe. The pope crowned him emperor on christmas day. His three grandsons partitioned the empire in ad 843, ending the western european political unity. New incursions furthered the disintegration going on since the 300-400s: the disappearance of central authority, collapse of money and urban decline. The saracens or moors the muslim conquered most of visigothic spain in 711-718 thy then conducted raids north of the pyrenees, but it is not certain that they aimed to conquer france.
