This video focuses on the last chapters of the Carolingian Empire, in the days of Charlemagne's grandsons and great grandsons.
What were the last Carolingians really like, and how did they navigate this time in flux? Our story coincides with the Viking Age, the birth of feudalism, and the origins of French & German statehood.
This is the sixth episode in a series covering the Holy Roman Empire.
Sources & further reading:
- Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire (Peter H. Wilson)
- The Carolingian World (Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon MacLean)
- The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987 (Rosamond McKitterick)
- Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories (Bernhard Scholz & Barbara Rogers-Gardner)
- Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817-876 (Eric J. Goldberg)
Music/Footage:
No Country For Old Men
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0:00 - No Country For Old Carolingians
1:28 - Death of Louis the Pious
5:49 - Battle of Fontenoy
8:45 - Stellinga Uprising
10:13 - Europe's Birth Certificate
18:01 - Middle Francia: Trials by Ordeal, Saracens & Byzantines
26:36 - West Francia: Old-Timers, Vikings & Capitularies
35:23 - East Francia: Ass-Kickers, Real Estate & Slaves
43:33 - The "bass-lines" of Carolingian history
48:13 - The last emperor: Charles the Fat
53:13 - Charlemagne's vision
54:26 - Enti
