CAS HI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ethnography, Manorialism, The Warlords
28 Jan 2019
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Europe was in its dark age with roman empire collapsing. Germanic inheritance practices division of territory among children. Change from pastoral society to agricultural society. However, carolingians, fairly christianized family who perceived themselves to be the chosen savior of europe, pulled europe out of the dark age. Pepin, to protect christian society, needed soldiers but had no economy to impose tax; thus, he decided to tax monasteries. Then, pepin began to conquer a larger territory and produced only one legitimate son, charles, to prevent the inheritance practice dividing territories. As generations pass, the carolingians gained more and more territory. By 732 ce, charles martel of carolingians defeated muslim army and saved. Pepin ii, son of charles martel, united all of what"s today"s france and was officially inaugurated as the ruler of france in 750 ce. Pepin"s son, charlemagne the ethnographer, inherited the thorn, conquered most of europe, and stabilized many social problems.
