The Carolingian Empire was a Frankish-dominated 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
The Dorestad Brooch, Carolingian-style cloisonné jewelry from c. 800. Found in the Netherlands, 1969.
The Carolingian Empire at its greatest extent (814) and its later partition with the Treaty of Verdun (843)
Copy of the Ludwigslied, an epic poem celebrating the victory of Louis III of West Francia over the Vikings
Carolingian warrior on a war horse (8th - 10th century) with lance, round shield, chainmail and spangenhelm in the Coronation Hall of the Aachen City Hall in June 2014 on the occasion of the exhibition "Charlemagne - power, art, treasures"
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity comprised of and controlling much of Central Europe and Western Europe, headed by the Holy Roma
Carolingian Empire
…disregarding the universalist claims of the weakened Byzantine Empire. The Carolingian Empire is sometimes considered the first phase in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. After a civil war from 840 to 843 following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious, the empire was divided into autonomous kingdoms, with one king still…
The Holy Roman Empire during the Ottonian dynasty
Henry begging Matilda of Tuscany and Hugh of Cluny in Canossa Castle (miniature in an illuminated manuscript kept in the Vatican Library, 1115)
Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor