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CHARLEMAGNE
TOWARDS FEUDAL : EUROPE
Charlemagne died, the crown passed to his son, Louis the Pious (814-840).
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Louis and Charles rebelled to Lothair. They defeated him and forced him to sign the Treaty of Verdun (843)
A wave of invasions by Muslims, Vikings... From the 9th Century caused terror and insecurity among the population
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CHARLEMAGNE, THE EMPEROR
Charlemagne conquered a large part of Western Europe, stopped the advance of Islam and secured borders in the entire territory.
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In 800, Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the romans by Pope Leo III.
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MARCA HISPANICA
Reinforce the border of his kingdom, Charlemagne creatived a defensive zone along the Pyrenees
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Death Charlemagne the counts that governed the different territories tended to make their counties hereditary and independent from Frankish rule.
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THE FRANKISH KINGDOM
The frankish Kingdom was very large, covering present-day France (Gaul) and territories in italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Holland.
7th century, a Frankish nobleman called Charles Martel succesfully stopped Muslims form Al-Andalus from invading France, defeating them near Poitiers in 732