Consolidation and Fragmentation

The Carolingian Renaissance and the Fragmentation of the Central Middle Ages

The Kingdom of the FranksThe Carolingian Renaissance

Key Terms Charles Martel (714-741) Pepin the Short (747-751/ 751-768) Charlemagne (768-814)

Carolingian Renaissance Merovingian Script Carolingian Minuscule

Louis the Pious (814-841) Treaty of Verdun (843)

West Francia, East Francia, Lotharingia

Carolingian Renaissance

Lorsch Gospels

Fragmentation

Key Terms Vikings

Kells Lindisfarne

Magyars

Capetians

VIKING ATTACK!

Migrations of the Central Middle Ages

Political Divisions

Norse in the North Atlantic

Helluland Markland Vinland

Artifacts from L’Anse aux Meadows

Maine Penny

Bishop of Baffin