Middle Ages: Little Known Truths About the Crusades, Inquisitions, Medieval Women, and More (The Most Fascinating and Mysterious Historical Period in the History of Mankind)

The carolingians are also credited with creating the first renaissance, the carolingian renaissance, centuries before the italian renaissance. Many of the great latin classics survive today because of copies made during this period. In addition, the revisions made to written script at this time made texts easier to read, so much so that most of those changes remain in the modern system of writing. The carolingians lived at a moment in time where they saw that antiquity was seen as worth preserving, but they also sought to adapt it to the times, setting the groundwork for many aspects of what would become the modern world. Nobody was more important in bringing this about than charlemagne, the most famous man of the middle ages, and likely the most influential. You will: •See how christianity grew and the western roman empire fell. •Meet the fierce barbarian invaders and learn about charlemagne, a great ruler. •Explore the expansion of muslim territories and discover the secrets of the powerful popes. •Understand the decline of feudalism, the fierce reconquista, and the scary facts of the inquisition. Ironically, even as rome’s control over gaul kept modern france fragmented, the medieval dynasties that sprouted up in the area looked up to the romans as their predecessors, and in essence they would attempt to recreate the roman empire. The power vacuum left by rome’s decline allowed groups like the burgundians to carve out territories in various parts of the empire, and after the western roman empire collapsed, the next few centuries would see a patchwork of different groups fighting each other across europe, whether for living space or for imperial purposes.