Charlemagne Unites Germanic Kingdoms
A. Recognizing Main Ideas As you read this section, take notes to answer questions
about the unification of western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Between 400 and 600, small Germanic kingdoms replaced Roman provinces.
1. What role did the Church play in helping Clovis conquer other Germanic peoples?
Clovis prayed before he went to the battle and he won. After he and his men were baptized and converted to Christianity.
2. What role did Pope Gregory the Great play in spreading the idea of a vast unified kingdom?
2. What role did Pope Gregory the Great play in spreading the idea of a vast unified kingdom?
Pope Gregory the Great expanded his power by having political control.
Clovis’s successors extended Frankish rule.
3. What was important about Charles Martel’s victory at the Battle of Tours?
It made him a Christian hero.
4. How did Pepin the Short strengthen the Frankish kingdom?
He agreed to fight the Lombards.
Charlemagne reunited western Europe and spread Christianity throughout his lands.
5. What was the importance of Charlemagne’s coronation as emperor?
A pope had claimed the right to confer the title “Roman Emperor” on a European king.
6. How did Charlemagne govern his unified kingdom?
He sent out royal agents.
B. Using Context Clues On the back of this paper, define Middle Ages,
monastery, and secular.
Middle Ages: Medieval period
Monastery: A Church religious community
Secular: Power involved in politics
TERMS & NAMES
1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
• Middle Ages: Came after the gradual decline of the Roman empire
• Franks: Germanic people that held power
• monastery: Church religious communities
• secular: Power involved in politics
• Carolingian Dynasty: Ruled the Franks from 751 to 987
• Charlemagne: Built the greatest empire known since ancient Rome
USING YOUR NOTES
2. What was the most important event in the unification of the Germanic kingdoms? Why? Charlemange became king and he united the kingdom.
MAIN IDEAS
3. What were three roots of medieval culture in western Europe?
Religion, German tribes and Rome
4. What are three ways that civilization in western Europe declined after the Roman
Empire fell?
Invasions, religion, and the various German tribes
5. What was the most important achievement of Pope Gregory I?
Pope Gregory the Great expanded his power by having political control.
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