The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe Book

	Translator's Note
	Preface
	Introduction: Western Europe in the Seventh Century	1
Pt. I	The Rise of the Carolingians from the Early Seventh to the Mid-Eight Century	9
1	The Beginnings of the Carolingian Dynasty	13
2	The Obstacles to Power	20
3	The Principate of Pippin II 687-714	27
4	The "Reign" of Charles Martel	34
5	Pippin and Carloman, Mayors of the Palace 741- 751	51
Pt. II	Pippin III and Charlemagne, Founders of Carolingian Europe 751-814	61
1	The Reign of Pippin the Great	65
2	The Features and Circumstances of Charlemagne's Conquests	85
3	The Conquests of Charlemagne	96
4	The Emperor Charlemagne	117
5	Charlemagne: Emperor or Chieftain?	125
Pt. III	The Destiny of Carolingian Europe 814- 877	141
1	The Reign of Louis the Pious: The Goal of Imperial Unity and Its Failure 814-840	145
2	The Partition of 843	160
3	The Empire Disbanded 843-869	170
4	Charles the Bald, the Last Great Carolingian Emperor	197
Pt. IV	The Collapse of Carolingian Europe and the Emergence of Regional Princedoms	207
1	The End of the Imperial Ideal 877-888	211
2	The New Kingdoms and Princedoms	222
3	Territorial Organization in the First Half of the Tenth Century	239
4	The Carolingian Restoration 936 to the Close the Tenth Century	255
Pt. V	Rulers and Civilization in the New Europe	281
1	The Carolingian Church	285
2	Features of Carolingian Kingship	303
3	The Carolingians and the Renewal of Western Economy	312
4	The First Flowering of European Culture	325
	Conclusion	360
	Map of Merovingian and Carolingian Gaul	365
	Genealogical Tables	366
	Suggested Works for Further Reading	377
	Index	381