Carolingian empire wikipedia

1. Empire of the Romans and
Franks
Romanorum sive Francorum
imperium (Latin)
800–888
Capital Aachen
Government Monarchy
Historical era Middle Ages
• Coronation of
Charlemagne
800
• Division 843
• Death of
Charles the Fat
888
Area
800 1,112,000 km2
(429,000 sq mi)
Population
• 800 10,000,000–
20,000,000
Succeeded by
West Francia
Middle Francia
Carolingian Empire
The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large empire in western
and central Europe during the early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the
Carolingian dynasty, which had ruled as kings of the Franks since 751
and as kings of the Lombards of Italy from 774. In 800, the Frankish
king Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome by Pope Leo III in an
effort to revive the Roman Empire in the west during a vacancy in the
throne of the eastern Roman Empire. After a civil war (840–43)
following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious, the empire was divided
into autonomous kingdoms, with one king still recognised as emperor,
but with little authority outside his own kingdom. The unity of the
empire and the hereditary right of the Carolingians continued to be
acknowledged.
In 884, Charles the Fat reunited all the kingdoms of Francia for the last
time, but he died in 888 and the empire immediately split up. With the
only remaining legitimate male of the dynasty a child, the nobility
elected regional kings from outside the dynasty or, in the case of the
eastern kingdom, an illegitimate Carolingian. The illegitimate line
continued to rule in the east until 911, while in the western kingdom the
legitimate Carolingian dynasty was restored in 898 and ruled until 987
with an interruption from 922 to 936.
The size of the empire at its inception was around 1,112,000 square
kilometres (429,000 sq mi), with a population of between 10 and
20 million people.[1] To the south it bordered the Emirate of Córdoba
and, after 824, the Kingdom of Pamplona; to the north it bordered the
kingdom of the Danes; to the west it had a short land border with
Brittany, which was later reduced to a tributary; and to the east it had a
long border with the Slavs and the Avars, who were defeated and their
land incorporated into the empire. In southern Italy, the Carolingians'
claims to authority were disputed by the Byzantines (eastern Romans)
and the vestiges of the Lombard kingdom in the Principality of
Benevento.
Use of the term "Carolingian Empire" is a modern convention. The
language of official acts in the empire was Latin. The empire was
referred to variously as universum regnum ("the whole kingdom", as
opposed to the regional kingdoms), Romanorum sive Francorum
The Carolingian Empire at its greatest
extent in 814
Frankish realms and marches
Tributary states

2. East Franciaimperium[a] ("empire of the Romans and Franks"), Romanum
imperium ("Roman empire") or even imperium christianum ("Christian
empire").[2]
History
Rise of the Carolingians (c. 732 – 768)
During the reign of Charlemagne (768–814)
Reign of Louis the Pious and the civil war (814–843)
After the Treaty of Verdun (843–877)
Decline (877–888)
Divisions in 887–88
Demographics
Government
Military
Capitals
Household
Officials
Legal system
Coinage
Subdivision
Placitum generalis
Oaths
Capitularies
List of emperors
See also
Notes
References
External links
Though Charles Martel chose not to take the title king (as his son Pepin III would, or emperor, as his grandson
Charlemagne) he was absolute ruler of virtually all of today's continental Western Europe north of the Pyrenees. Only the
remaining Saxon realms, which he partly conquered, Lombardy, and the Marca Hispanica south of the Pyrenees were
significant additions to the Frankish realms after his death.
Contents
History
Rise of the Carolingians (c. 732 – 768)

3. Martel was also the founder of all the feudal systems and merit system that marked the Carolingian Empire, and Europe
in general during the Middle Ages, though his son and grandson would gain credit for his innovations. Further, Martel
cemented his place in history with his defense of Christian Europe against a Muslim army at the Battle of Tours in 732.
The Iberian Saracens had incorporated Berber light horse cavalry with the heavy Arab cavalry to create a formidable army
that had almost never been defeated. Christian European forces, meanwhile, lacked the powerful tool of the stirrup. In
this victory, Charles earned the surname Martel ("the Hammer").[3] Edward Gibbon, the historian of Rome and its
aftermath, called Charles Martel "the paramount prince of his age".
Pepin III accepted the nomination as king by Pope Zachary in about 751. Charlemagne's rule began in 768 at Pepin's
death. He proceeded to take control of the kingdom following his brother Carloman's death, as the two brothers co-
inherited their father's kingdom. Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in the year 800.[4]
The Carolingian Empire during the reign of Charlemagne covered most of
Western Europe, as the Roman Empire once had. Unlike the Romans, who
ventured beyond the Rhine only for vengeance after the disaster at Teutoburg
Forest (9 AD), Charlemagne decisively crushed all Germanic resistance and
extended his realm to the Elbe, influencing events almost to the Russian
Steppes.
Charlemagne's reign was one of near-constant warfare, personally leading
many of his campaigns. He seized the Lombard Kingdom in 774, led a failed
campaign into Spain in 778, extended his domain into Bavaria in 788,
ordered his son Pepin to campaign against the Avars in 795, and conquered
Saxon territories in wars and rebellions fought from 772 to 804.[3][5]
Prior to the death of Charlemagne, the Empire was divided among various
members of the Carolingian dynasty. These included King Charles the
Younger, son of Charlemagne, who received Neustria; King Louis the Pious,
who received Aquitaine; and King Pepin, who received Italy. Pepin died with an illegitimate son, Bernard, in 810, and
Charles died without heirs in 811. Although Bernard succeeded Pepin as King of Italy, Louis was made co-Emperor in 813,
and the entire Empire passed to him with Charlemagne's death in the winter of 814.[6]
Louis the Pious often had to struggle to maintain control of the Empire. King Bernard of Italy died in 818 in
imprisonment after rebelling a year earlier, and Italy was brought back into Imperial control. Louis' show of penance for
Bernard's death in 822 greatly reduced his prestige as Emperor to the nobility. Meanwhile, in 817 Louis had established
three new Carolingian Kingships for his sons from his first marriage: Lothar was made King of Italy and co-Emperor,
Pepin was made King of Aquitaine, and Louis the German was made King of Bavaria. His attempts in 823 to bring his
fourth son (from his second marriage), Charles the Bald into the will was marked by the resistance of his eldest sons, and
the last years of his reign were plagued by civil war.
During the reign of Charlemagne (768–814)
The Dorestad Brooch, Carolingian-
style cloisonné jewelry from c. 800.
Found in the Netherlands, 1969.
Reign of Louis the Pious and the civil war (814–843)

4. Lothar was stripped of his co-Emperorship in 829 and was banished to Italy, but the following year his sons attacked
Louis' empire and dethroned him in favor of Lothar. The following year Louis attacked his sons' Kingdoms, stripped
Lothar of his Imperial title and granted the Kingdom of Italy to Charles. Pepin and Louis the German revolted in 832,
followed by Lothar in 833, and together they imprisoned Louis the Pious and Charles. In 835, peace was made within the
family, and Louis was restored to the Imperial throne. When Pepin died in 838, Louis crowned Charles king of Aquitaine,
whilst the nobility elected Pepin's son Pepin II, a conflict which was not resolved until 860 with Pepin's death. When
Louis the Pious finally died in 840, Lothar claimed the entire empire irrespective of the partitions.
As a result, Charles and Louis the German went to war against Lothar. After
losing the Battle of Fontenay, Lothar fled to his capital at Aachen and raised a
new army, which was inferior to that of the younger brothers. In the Oaths of
Strasbourg, in 842, Charles and Louis agreed to declare Lothar unfit for the
imperial throne. This marked the East-West division of the Empire between
Louis and Charles until the Verdun Treaty. Considered a milestone in
European history, the Oaths of Strasbourg symbolize the birth of both France
and Germany.[7] The partition of Carolingian Empire was finally settled in
843 by and between Louis the Pious' three sons in the Treaty of Verdun.[8]
Lothar received the Imperial title, the Kingship of Italy, and the territory
between the Rhine and Rhone Rivers, collectively called the Central Frankish Realm. Louis was guaranteed the Kingship
of all lands to the east of the Rhine and to the north and east of Italy, which was called the Eastern Frankish Realm which
was the precursor to modern Germany. Charles received all lands west of the Rhone, which was called the Western
Frankish Realm.
Lothar retired Italy to his eldest son Louis II in 844, making him co-Emperor in 850. Lothar died in 855, dividing his
kingdom into three parts: the territory already held by Louis remained his, the territory of the former Kingdom of
Burgundy was granted to his third son Charles of Burgundy, and the remaining territory for which there was no
traditional name was granted to his second son Lothar II, whose realm was named Lotharingia.
Louis II, dissatisfied with having received no additional territory upon his father's death, allied with his uncle Louis the
German against his brother Lothar and his uncle Charles the Bald in 858. Lothar reconciled with his brother and uncle
shortly after. Charles was so unpopular that he could not raise an army to fight the invasion and instead fled to Burgundy.
He was only saved when the bishops refused to crown Louis the German King. In 860, Charles the Bald invaded Charles
of Burgundy's Kingdom but was repulsed. Lothar II ceded lands to Louis II in 862 for support of a divorce from his wife,
which caused repeated conflicts with the Pope and his uncles. Charles of Burgundy died in 863, and his Kingdom was
inherited by Louis II.
Lothar II died in 869 with no legitimate heirs, and his Kingdom was divided between Charles the Bald and Louis the
German in 870 by the Treaty of Meerssen. Meanwhile, Louis the German was involved in disputes with his three sons.
Louis II died in 875, and named Carloman, the eldest son of Louis the German, his heir. Charles the Bald, supported by
the Pope, was crowned both King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor. The following year, Louis the German died. Charles
tried to annex his realm too, but was defeated decisively at Andernach, and the Kingdom of the eastern Franks was
divided between Louis the Younger, Carloman of Bavaria and Charles the Fat.
The division of 843
After the Treaty of Verdun (843–877)

5. The Empire, after the death of Charles the Bald, was under attack in the north
and west by the Vikings and was facing internal struggles from Italy to the
Baltic, from Hungary in the east to Aquitaine in the west. Charles the Bald
died in 877 crossing the Pass of Mont Cenis, and was succeeded by his son,
Louis the Stammerer as King of the Western Franks, but the title of Holy
Roman Emperor lapsed. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and died
two years later, his realm being divided between his eldest two sons: Louis III
gaining Neustria and Francia, and Carloman gaining Aquitaine and
Burgundy. The Kingdom of Italy was finally granted to King Carloman of
Bavaria, but a stroke forced him to abdicate Italy to his brother Charles the
Fat and Bavaria to Louis of Saxony. Also in 879, Boso, Count of Arles founded
the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy in Provence.
In 881, Charles the Fat was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor while Louis III of Saxony and Louis III of Francia died the
following year. Saxony and Bavaria were united with Charles the Fat's Kingdom, and Francia and Neustria were granted
to Carloman of Aquitaine who also conquered Lower Burgundy. Carloman died in a hunting accident in 884 after a
tumultuous and ineffective reign, and his lands were inherited by Charles the Fat, effectively recreating the Empire of
Charlemagne.
Charles, suffering what is believed to be epilepsy, could not secure the kingdom against Viking raiders, and after buying
their withdrawal from Paris in 886 was perceived by the court as being cowardly and incompetent. The following year his
nephew Arnulf of Carinthia, the illegitimate son of King Carloman of Bavaria, raised the standard of rebellion. Instead of
fighting the insurrection, Charles fled to Neidingen and died the following year in 888, leaving a divided entity and a
succession mess.
The Empire of the Carolingians was divided: Arnulf maintained Carinthia, Bavaria, Lorraine and modern Germany; Count
Odo of Paris was elected King of Western Francia (France), Ranulf II became King of Aquitaine, Italy went to Count
Berengar of Friuli, Upper Burgundy to Rudolph I, and Lower Burgundy to Louis the Blind, the son of Boso of Arles, King
of Lower Burgundy and maternal grandson of Emperor Louis II. The other part of Lotharingia became the duchy of
Burgundy.[9]
The largest cities in the Carolingian Empire around the year 800:
Rome 50,000. Paris 25,000. Regensburg 25,000. Metz 25,000. Mainz 20,000. Speyer 20,000. Tours 20,000. Trier
15,000. Cologne 15,000. Lyon 12,000. Worms 10,000. Poitiers 10,000. Provins 10,000. Rennes 10,000. Rouen
10,000.[10][11][12]
Decline (877–888)
Copy of the Ludwigslied, an epic
poem celebrating the victory of Louis
III of West Francia over the Vikings
Divisions in 887–88
Demographics
Government

6. The government, administration, and organization of the Carolingian Empire were forged in the court of Charlemagne in
the decades around the year 800. In this year, Charlemagne was crowned emperor and adapted his existing royal
administration to live up to the expectations of his new title. The political reforms wrought in Aachen were to have an
immense impact on the political definition of Western Europe for the rest of the Middle Ages. The Carolingian
improvements on the old Merovingian mechanisms of governance have been lauded by historians for the increased
central control, efficient bureaucracy, accountability, and cultural renaissance.
The Carolingian Empire was the largest western territory since the fall of Rome, but historians have come to suspect the
depth of the emperor's influence and control. Legally, the Carolingian emperor exercised the bannum, the right to rule
and command, over all of his territories. Also, he had supreme jurisdiction in judicial matters, made legislation, led the
army, and protected both the Church and the poor. His administration was an attempt to organize the kingdom, church,
and nobility around him, however, its efficacy was directly dependent upon the efficiency, loyalty and support of his
subjects.
It has long been held that the dominance of the Carolingian military was based on a "cavalry revolution" led by Charles
Martel in 730. However, the stirrup, which made the 'shock cavalry' lance charge possible, was not introduced to the
Frankish kingdom until the late eighth century.[13] Instead, the Carolingian military success rested primarily on novel
siege technologies and excellent logistics.[14] However, large numbers of horses were used by the Frankish military during
the age of Charlemagne. This was because horses provided a quick, long-distance method of transporting troops, which
was critical to building and maintaining such a large empire.[13]
No permanent capital city existed in the empire, the itinerant court being a typical characteristic of all Western European
kingdoms at this time. Some "main residences" can, however, be distinguished. In the first year of his reign, Charlemagne
went to Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Italian: Aquisgrana) for the first time. He began to build a palace twenty years
later (788). The palace chapel, constructed in 796, later became Aachen Cathedral. Charlemagne spent most winters
between 800 and his death (814) at Aachen, which he made the joint capital with Rome, in order to enjoy the hot springs.
Charlemagne organized his empire into 350 counties, each led by an appointed count. Counts served as judges,
administrators, and enforcers of capitularies. To enforce loyalty, he set up the system of missi dominici, meaning "envoys
of the lord". In this system, one representative of the Church and one representative of the Emperor would head to the
different counties every year and report back to Charlemagne on their status.
The royal household was an itinerant body (until c. 802) which moved around the kingdom making sure good government
was upheld in the localities. The most important positions were the chaplain (who was responsible for all ecclesiastical
affairs in the kingdom), and the count of the palace (Count palatine) who had supreme control over the household. It also
included more minor officials e.g. chamberlain, seneschal, and marshal. The household sometimes led the army (e.g.
Seneschal Andorf against the Bretons in 786).
Military
Capitals
Household

7. Possibly associated with the chaplain and the royal chapel was the office of
the chancellor, head of the chancery, a non-permanent writing office. The
charters produced were rudimentary and mostly to do with land deeds. There
are 262 surviving from Charles’ reign as opposed to 40 from Pepin’s and 350
from Louis the Pious.
There are 3 main offices which enforced Carolingian authority in the
localities:
The Comes (Latin: count). Appointed by Charles to administer a county. The
Carolingian Empire (except Bavaria) was divided up into between 110 and
600 counties, each divided into centenae which were under the control of a
vicar. At first, they were royal agents sent out by Charles but after c. 802 they
were important local magnates. They were responsible for justice, enforcing
capitularies, levying soldiers, receiving tolls and dues and maintaining roads
and bridges. They could technically be dismissed by the king but many offices
became hereditary. They were also sometimes corrupt although many were
exemplary e.g. Count Eric of Friuli. Provincial governors eventually evolved
who supervised several counts.
The Missi Dominici (Latin: dominical emissaries). Originally appointed ad hoc, a reform in 802 led to the office of missus
dominicus becoming a permanent one. The Missi Dominici were sent out in pairs. One was an ecclesiastic and one
secular. Their status as high officials was thought to safeguard them from the temptation of taking bribes. They made four
journeys a year in their local missaticum, each lasting a month, and were responsible for making the royal will and
capitularies known, judging cases and occasionally raising armies.
The Vassi Dominici. These were the king’s vassals and were usually the sons of powerful men, holding ‘benefices’ and
forming a contingent in the royal army. They also went on ad hoc missions.
Around 780 Charlemagne reformed the local system of administering justice and created the scabini, professional experts
on the law. Every count had the help of seven of these scabini, who were supposed to know every national law so that all
men could be judged according to it.
Judges were also banned from taking bribes and were supposed to use sworn inquests to establish facts.
In 802, all law was written down and amended (the Salic law was also amended in both 798 and 802, although even
Einhard admits in section 29 that this was imperfect). Judges were supposed to have a copy of both the Salic law code and
the Ripuarian law code.
Interior of the Palatine Chapel in
Aachen
Officials
Legal system
Coinage

8. Coinage had a strong association with the Roman Empire, and Charlemagne
took up its regulation with his other imperial duties. The Carolingians
exercised controls over the silver coinage of the realm, controlling its
composition and value. The name of the emperor, not of the minter, appeared
on the coins. Charlemagne worked to suppress mints in northern Germany
on the Baltic sea.
The Frankish kingdom was subdivided by Charlemagne into three separate
areas to make administration easier. These were the inner "core" of the
kingdom (Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy) which were supervised directly
by the missatica system and the itinerant household. Outside this was the
regna where Frankish administration rested upon the counts, and outside
this was the marcher areas where ruled powerful governors. These marcher lordships were present in Brittany, Spain, and
Bavaria.
Charles also created two sub-kingdoms in Aquitaine and Italy, ruled by his sons Louis and Pepin respectively. Bavaria was
also under the command of an autonomous governor, Gerold, until his death in 796. While Charles still had overall
authority in these areas they were fairly autonomous with their own chancery and minting facilities.
The annual meeting, the Placitum Generalis or Marchfield, was held every year (between March and May) at a place
appointed by the king. It was called for three reasons: to gather the Frankish host to go on a campaign, to discuss political
and ecclesiastical matters affecting the kingdom and to legislate for them, and to make judgments. All important men had
to go the meeting and so it was an important way for Charles to make his will known. Originally the meeting worked
effectively however later it merely became a forum for discussion and for nobles to express their dissatisfaction.
The oath of fidelity was a way for Charles to ensure loyalty from all his subjects. As early as 779 he banned sworn guilds
between other men so that everyone took an oath of loyalty only to him. In 789 (in response to the 786 rebellion) he began
legislating that everyone should swear fidelity to him as king, however in 802 he expanded the oath greatly and made it so
that all men over age 12 swore it to him.
The five greatest capitularies of Charlemagne’s reign are:
The Capitulary of Herstal of 779. This is a short capitulary and launched according to Ganshof in response to a crisis
in Aquitaine, Italy, and Spain. It is concerned a lot with ordo, making sure that the church is working correctly, also
with reinforcing the wergild and Frankish ideals. Notably forced the usage of tithes.
Admonitio Generalis of 789. “Blueprint for a new society” mentioning social issues for the first time. The first 58
clauses (of 82) reiterate decisions made by previous church councils and much is also to do with ordo.
The Capitulary of Frankfurt of 794. This is mainly to do with theology and speaks out against adoptionism and
A denarius minted by Prince Adelchis
of Benevento in the name of
Emperor Louis II and Empress
Engelberga, showing the expansion
of Carolingian authority in southern
Italy which Louis achieved
Subdivision
Placitum generalis
Oaths
Capitularies

9. iconoclasm.
The Programmatic Capitulary of 802. This shows an increasing sense of vision in society.
The Capitulary for the Jews of 814, delineating the prohibitions of Jews engaging in commerce or money-lending.
This table shows only those Carolingians who were crowned as emperor by the pope in Rome. For other Carolingian
kings, see King of the Franks. For the later emperors, see Holy Roman Emperor.
List of emperors

10. Later image Name
Imperial
coronation
Death Contemporary coin
Charles I
(Charlemagne)
25 December
800
28 January 814
Louis I
(Louis the Pious)
1st: 11
September
813[15]
2nd: 5 October
816
20 June 840
Lothair I 5 April 823
29 September
855
Louis II
1st: Easter 850
2nd: 18 May 872
12 August 875
Charles II
(Charles the Bald)
29 December
875
6 October 877
Charles III
(Charles the Fat)
12 February 881 13 January 888
Carolingian Renaissance
Carolingian architecture
Carolingian art
List of Carolingian monasteries
See also

11. a. Sometimes with Romanum (Roman) replacing Romanorum (of the Romans) and atque (and) replacing sive (or).
1. Post-Roman towns, trade and settlement in Europe and Byzantium – Joachim Henning – Google Břger (https://books
.google.dk/books?id=ZK3bdq6ihM8C&pg=PA50&dq=carolingian+empire+in+km2&hl=da&sa=X&ei=M8-aVNjZBNfdo
ATPn4G4BA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=carolingian%20empire%20in%20km2&f=false).
Books.google.dk. Retrieved 24 December 2014. "The size of the Carolingian empire can be roughly estimated at
1,112,000 km²"
2. Ildar H. Garipzanov, The Symbolic Language of Authority in the Carolingian World (c.751–877) (Leiden: Brill, 2008).
3. Magill, Frank (1998). Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages, Volume 2. Routledge. pp. 228, 243.
ISBN 9781579580414.
4. Rosamond McKitterick, Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity, Cambridge University Press, 2008
ISBN 978-0-521-88672-7
5. Davis, Jennifer (2015). Charlemagne's Practice of Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 25.
ISBN 9781316368596.
6. Joanna Story, Charlemagne: Empire and Society, Manchester University Press, 2005 ISBN 978-0-7190-7089-1
7. "Die Geburt Zweier Staaten – Die Straßburger Eide vom 14. February 842 | Wir Europäer | DW.DE | 21.07.2009" (htt
p://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3840415,00.html). Dw-world.de. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
8. Eric Joseph Goldberg, Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817–876, Cornell
University Press, 2006 ISBN 978-0-8014-3890-5
9. Simon MacLean, Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian
Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2003 ISBN 978-0-521-81945-9
10. Bachrach, B. (2013). Charlemagne's Early Campaigns (768–777): A Diplomatic and Military Analysis (https://books.g
oogle.com/books?id=iRszAQAAQBAJ). Brill. p. 67. ISBN 9789004244771. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
11. Dudley, L. (2008). Information Revolutions in the History of the West (https://books.google.com/books?id=jLnPi5aYoJ
UC). Edward Elgar. p. 26. ISBN 9781848442801. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
12. Claus, Edda (June 1997). "The Rebirth of a Communications Network: Europe at the Time of the Carolingians
(thesis)" (https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1866/803/a1.1g746.pdf;jsessionid=6623384256AC
CA3FE866FD3FA5B08292?sequence=1). papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
13. Hooper, Nicholas / Bennett, Matthew. The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: the Middle Ages (https://books.goo
gle.com/books?id=Sf8UIynR0koC&pg=PA12) Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 12–13 ISBN 0-521-44049-1,
ISBN 978-0-521-44049-3
14. Bowlus, Charles R. The Battle of Lechfeld and its Aftermath, August 955: The End of the Age of Migrations in the
Latin West (https://books.google.com/books?id=0XBtVwukIogC&pg=PA49) Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, pg. 49
ISBN 0-7546-5470-2, ISBN 978-0-7546-5470-4
15. Egon Boshof: Ludwig der Fromme. Darmstadt 1996, p. 89
Notes
References

15. The Making of Charlemagne's Europe (768–814) (http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk) (freely available database
of prosopographical and socio-economic data from Carolingian legal documents, produced and maintained by King's
College London)
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