Chapter Outline

I. The Early Carolingians

1. Francia in 700
2. Charles Martel
3. Pepin the Short (r. 741-768) and the Franco Papal Alliance
1. Byzantine Policy
2. Papal Claims
3. Frankish Alliance

4. St. Boniface (c. 675-754) and the Missions from the Anglo-Saxons
5. Manorialism [TXT: Domesday Book: Description of Hecham Manor, Essex 1086] [TXT: The Dialogue Between Master & Disciple: On Laborers, c. 1000]

II. Charlemagne (r. 768-814) [TXT: Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne]

1. The Expansion of the Empire [IMG: Aachen: Palatine Chapel - Interior 9th Cent]
2. The Imperial Coronation of 800 [IMG: Coronation of Charlemagne][2ND: Catholic Encyclopedia:Pope St. Leo III]
3. The Empire [TXT: General Capitulary of the Missi 802]

III. Intellectual Revival [TXT: Letter to Baugulf of Fulda]

1. Charlemagne and Alcuin [TXT: Alcuin (c.735-804 CE): To A Cuckoo]