Western Civilization I
Outline #15
Professor Knight

The Carolingian Renaissance

I.  The Decline of Learning
	Bishop Isidore of Seville (d. 634)
		Writes “The Etymologies”
	Northumbrian Renaissance (7th century)

II.  Rise of the Carolingians
	Alliance between Pope and Carolingians
		Lombard Threat
		Byzantine Iconoclasm viewed as heresy

III.  Charlemagne (ruled 768-814)
	Einhard—Charlemagne’s biographer
	Military campaigns
		Italy—Charlemagne defeats the Lombards
		Southeastern Europe—Drives out the Avars	
		Germany—Subdues the Saxons
		Result—Kingdom unifies France, Germany, Northern Italy
	Charlemagne crowned Emperor—800
	Shift in center of western culture from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe
	Charlemagne builds Palace at Auchen
	Charlemagne as patron of education
		Invites prominent scholars to court
			Alcuin of York, 
			Theodulf
			Paul the Deacon
		Makes monasteries into centers of learning and teaching
		Collection and reproduction of manuscripts
		Carolingian minescule—new script.