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I Division: the Later Carolingians [TXT:Ordinance of Louis the Pius 817][IMG:The Division of the Carolingian Empire: Verdun 843 and Mersen, 870 (Col)]

II Invasions: Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings
  1. Muslim Pirates and Magyar Horsemen
  2. Viking Raiders [WEB:Fotevikens Museum A maritime archaeological museum concentrated on research and inventory of shipping, ships, and maritime relics]
    1. Origins
    2. Attacks [TXT:Three Sources on the Ravages of the Northmen in Frankland, c. 843 - 912]
    3. Vikings in England and the Continent
    4. Vikings in the North Atlantic and Russian States [TXT: Text: The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericsson, c. 1000 from The Saga of Eric the Red, (1387)]
    5. Twilight of the Viking Age [TXT:Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf)]

III Reorganization: New Politics
  1. England: Unification [TXT:Anglo Saxon Dooms, 560-975]
    1. Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) [TXT:Life of King Alfred] [WEB:Alfred the Great]
    2. The Renewal of the Danish Attacks: Ethelred and Canute [TXT:The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on Alfred the Great]
  2. West Francia: Fragmentation
    1. Collapse of Central Power
    2. Feudalism [2ND: Feudalism?]
      1. term problems [TXT:Fidelity Oaths][TXT:Fief Ceremonies, 12th Century]
      2. castles and noble houses [TXT:A Husband's Endowment Of His Future Wife On Their Betrothal - Southern Burgundy, 994]
  3. C: The German States: Fragmentation and Unification
    1. The Saxon Kings
    2. Ottonian Culture [TXT:The Life of Burchard Bishop of Worms 1025]
  4. The Italian Peninsula: Autonomous Cities [TXT:Arnulf of Milan, Book of Recent Deeds ]
    1. Lombards
    2. Venice





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