Carolingian Empire and the Franks

What happened in 800?

• Charlemagne was crowned king

• Charlemagne was crowned emperor

• Charlemagne died

The capital of the Carolingian Empire was

• Paris

• Aachen

• Toulouse

• Toledo

The most famous school was

• The Missi dominici

• The Palatine Chapel

• The monasteries

• Carolingian School

Charlemagne promised to defend the Pope

• against the Visigoths

• against Islam and the Byzantine Empire

Counties were located near the frontiers

• True

• False

In the Treaty of Verdun (843) his empire was divided among

• his sons

• his grandsons

• his brothers

Students learnt in monastery schools

• Trivium and Trivial

• Trivium and Latin

• Trivium and Quadrivium

What was society like?

• Aristocratic

• Hierarchical

• Democratic

Who was Charlemagne's father?

• Pepin the big

• Pepin the son

• Pepin the short

• Pepin the long

Who crowned him emperor?

• Pepin the long

• The pope

• Charles Mantel

• His father