C

H

A P T

E

R

8

European Civilization

in the Early Middle

Ages, 750–1000

CHAPTER OUTLINE

AND FOCUS QUESTIONS

The World of the Carolingians

Q What was the significance of Charlemagne’s

coronation as emperor? In what ways did the

political, intellectual, and daily life in the

Carolingian Empire represent a fusion of Gallo-

Roman, Germanic, and Christian practices?

Disintegration of the Carolingian Empire

Q What impact did the Vikings have on the history

and culture of medieval Europe?

The Emerging World of Lords and Vassals

Q What was fief-holding, and how was it related to

manorialism?

The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization

Q What were the chief developments in the

Byzantine Empire between 750 and 1000?

The Slavic Peoples of Central and Eastern

Europe

Q What patterns of development occurred in central

and eastern Europe as a result of the Slavic

peoples?

The World of Islam

Q What were the chief developments in the Islamic

world between 750 and 1000?

CRITICAL THINKING

QWhy can it be said that Islamic civilization was

more advanced than the civilization of western

Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries?

CONNECTIONS TO TODAY

QWhat is the relationship between events in

eastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean

world in the early Middle Ages and the

situation in those areas today?

A fifteenth-century French manuscript illustration of the coronation of

Charlemagne by Pope Leo III

Bibliothe

`que de L’Arsenal, Paris//Archives Charmet /The Bridgeman Art Library

IN 800, CHARLEMAGNE, the king of the Franks,

journeyed to Rome to help Pope Leo III, who was

barely clinging to power in the face of rebellious

Romans. On Christmas Day, Charlemagne and his

family, attended by Romans, Franks, and even

visitors from the Byzantine Empire, crowded into

Saint Peter’s Basilica to hear Mass. Quite

unexpectedly, at least according to a Frankish

173

Copyright 2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s).
Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.

`ˆÌi`Ê܈̅Ê̅iÊ`i“œÊÛiÀȜ˜ÊœvÊ

˜vˆÝÊ*ÀœÊ*Ê

`ˆÌœÀÊ

/œÊÀi“œÛiÊ̅ˆÃʘœÌˆVi]ÊۈÈÌ\Ê