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Part 1: The Holy Roman Empire
A Captivating Guide to the Union of Smaller Kingdoms That Started During the Early Middle Ages and Dissolved During the Napoleonic Wars
Introduction
Chapter 1 – The First Roman Empire
Chapter 2 – The Carolingians
Chapter 3 – Father of Europe
Chapter 4 – A Formal Emperor
Chapter 5 – The Caligula of Christianity
Chapter 6 – Antipope
Chapter 7 – The Walk to Canossa
Chapter 8 – The Hohenstaufen Dynasty Begins
Chapter 9 – The Red-Bearded Warrior King
Chapter 10 – Captor of the Lionheart
Chapter 11 – Stupor Mundi
Chapter 12 – The Great Interregnum
Chapter 13 – The King of Peace
Chapter 14 – The Rise of the Habsburgs
Chapter 15 – The Reformation
Chapter 16 – Eight Million Dead
Chapter 17 – The Dissolution
Conclusion
Part 2: The Carolingian Empire
A Captivating Guide to the Carolingian Dynasty and Their Large Empire That Covered Most of Western Europe During the Reign of Charlemagne
Introduction
Chapter 1 – A Quick Overview
Chapter 2 – The World After Rome
Signs of the End of Rome
Underestimating the Enemy
Coping After the Empire Crumbled
Chapter 3 – Ending a Dynasty – Pepin, Charles, and Carloman
The Merovingian Dynasty
The Immediate Aftermath After Martel’s Death
Pepin the Short
Charles Takes Control
Chapter 4 – The Conquests of Charles
The World and Relationships Prior to Charles’ Rule
The Lombards
The Saxons
The Problem with the Lombards
Saxon Wars
Invading Muslim Territory
Beyond the Boundaries
Chapter 5 – In the Name of Religion
A Melding of Church and State
Forcing His Religion on the Vanquished
Further Fracturing with the Byzantine Empire
Chapter 6 – Pope Leo III and the Founding of an Empire
The Precedence
The Pope’s Problem
A New, Dangerous Precedent
Emperor Charlemagne and Pope Leo III
Chapter 7 – The Carolingian Renaissance – The Empire under Charlemagne
Education Wasn’t a Perk – It Was a Necessity
Moving from Gold – Major Economic Reforms
Reforming the Church, Politics, and Legal Systems
A Man to Imitate
Chapter 8 – The Rule of Louis the Pious
The Death of Charlemagne
Beginning to Reform the Empire
An Impossible Situation
Earning Respect from a Larger Player
Chapter 9 – Familial Strife and the Decay of the Empire
Not Quite a Martyr, Definitely Not a Realist
The Treaty of Verdun – An Unsatisfactory Solution to a Predictable Problem
How the Divisions Went Beyond the Brothers’ Squabbles
Chapter 10 – The Division Effectively Ending the Empire
The Fall of Lothair’s Kingdom
The Lands of Louis and Charles
A Problem from Within
External Pressure
The Path Untraveled
Chapter 11 – Echoes of the Roman Empire – How Outside Forces Picked Apart the Carolingian Empire
The Effects of the Viking Strikes
The Problem of the Lack of a Major Outside Player
Chapter 12 – Lasting Effects and Hope of Reunification
The Ghost of the Holy Roman Empire
The Rise of a Saxon
Like Charlemagne
Conclusion
Sources
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