#earlymiddleages — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #earlymiddleages, aggregated by home.social.
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A little #FrenchHistory as background during the riots: (edited from #Wikipedia)
Did you know that 1200 years ago as #Rome fell, the #Christian world was nearly conquered by the #Islam World?
The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large #Frankish-dominated empire in western and central Europe during the #EarlyMiddleAges.
In #AD800, the #Frankish king #Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome by #PopeLeoIII in an effort to transfer the #RomanEmpire from the #ByzantineEmpire to western Europe.
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tra una settimana sarò ospite de @LaStatale #Milano per parlare del complicato rapporto tra Adelchi di #Benevento e l’imperatore Ludovico II.
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Fraser McNair, "Helpless Franks and Alien Danes?" deals heavy blows against Johannes Fried and his understanding of the Franks (with regard to the Normans, but with much wider implications). And he seems to have a point: "... we can’t understand Carolingian politics if we assume that the Franks are morons." https://salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2022/10/27/helpless-franks-and-alien-danes/ #history #medieval #carolingians #earlymiddleages #normans #franks