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Carolingian meaning
Of or pertaining to the Carolings, the members of a Frankish dynasty, descended from Charles Martel, which arose from the Pippinid and Arnulfingian clans in the 7th century and ruled parts of western Europe until the 9th century, reaching its peak under Martel's grandson Charlemagne. | Being or relating to a style of minuscule script.
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By Æthelstan's time the connection was well established, and his coronation was performed with the Carolingian ceremony of anointment, probably to draw a deliberate parallel between his rule and Carolingian tradition.
It will readily be understood that the origin of the Carolingian minuscule, which must be sought in this tangle of pre-Carolingian hands, involves disagreement.
After the death of Charles the Fat in 888, however, the Carolingian Empire broke apart, and was never restored.
After the defeat and death of Waifer of Aquitaine in 768, while Aquitaine submitted again to the Carolingian dynasty, a new rebellion broke out in 769 led by Hunald II, maybe son of Waifer.
Along with Latin minuscule writing in general, it developed ultimately from Roman cursive via the uncial script of Late Antiquity into the Carolingian minuscule of the 9th century.
Although empresses had been anointed before, this is the first definitely known anointing of a Carolingian queen.
At the completion of the west front in 1140, Abbot Suger moved on to the reconstruction of the eastern end, leaving the Carolingian nave in use.
At times it was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the Abbas palatinus ("of the palace"') and Abbas castrensis ("of the camp") were chaplains to the Merovingian and Carolingian sovereigns’ court and army respectively.
Carolingian and Ottonian art also survives mostly in manuscripts, although some wall-painting remain, and more are documented.
Carolingian and Romanesque architecture, 800 to 1200.
Carolingian minuscule was created partly under the patronage of Charlemagne.
Carolingian princesses rarely married and were usually sent to nunneries, and it was almost unknown for them to marry foreigners.
Carolingian support may have been one of the factors that helped Egbert achieve the military successes of the late 820s.
Charlemagne decided to organize a regional subkingdom in order to keep the Aquitanians in check and to secure the southern border of the Carolingian Empire against Muslim incursions.
D.citation As the Carolingian Age progressed, the Franks were generally on the attack, and larger numbers of warriors took to their horses to ride with the Emperor in his wide-ranging campaigns of conquest.
Eric himself was among those killed, and his death and defeat proved a great blow for the Carolingian Empire.
Forming the quire From the Carolingian period and all the way up to the Middle Ages, different styles of folding the quire came about.
From 771 until his death in 814, Charlemagne extended the Carolingian empire into northern Italy and the territories of all west Germanic peoples, including the Saxons and the Baiuvarii (Bavarians).
Fulda also received support from many of the leading families of the Carolingian world.
He began with the West Front, reconstructing the original Carolingian façade with its single door.