who conquered the peoples of Europe and created an empire. The Carolingian empire entered a period of political and military crisis during the later ninth century and abruptly came to an end in the ...

The unbroken succession of fifteen Capetian kings began in 987 when Hugh Capet was elected to the kingship of the Franks by his fellow magnates at Senlis, replacing the Carolingian dynasty that had ...

A new book examines the rise and fall of the Carolingian dynasty, discussing how people across social classes understood the momentous history of their day Created more than 50 years ago ...