The Rise and Fall of the Carolingian Empire

After this battle, the Carolingian family came into power. Charles Martel defeated the Spanish Moors in this battle.

The Lombard Kingdom was in Italy and was very large. So its defeat meant a huge expansion for the Carolingian Empire.

The Saxons were people that lived in Europe and the British Isles. During this conquest, Charlemagne sought to convert the Saxons.

The Carolingians won the Spanish March from the Saracens, which helped them gain the ability to make more advancements then and in the future.

This is one of his most famous works. Another one of his most famous works is Epistola de Litteris Colendis and they have both survived to the present day.

Charlemagne was crowned on Christmas day by Pope Leo the lll. This in a way helped to revive the Western Roman Empire

The Frankish Empire was a large kingdom that consisted of small sub-kingdoms.

This war mostly consisted of fighting between Louis the Pious (a son of Charlemagne) and Charles the Bald and his three sons Lothar, Pepin, and Louis the German.