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CONFIRMING PAGES Chapter 5 Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800–1000 103 TIMELINE 5.1 Division and Invasion, 800–1000 800 1000 814 840 Charle- Louis the Dynastic Conflict and Division into Three Units: West Francia, magne Pious East Francia, and the Middle Kingdom from 768 c. 850 Invasion of Muslims, Vikings, and Magyars c. 850 Emergence of Feudalism in West Francia c. 875 Unified Anglo-Saxon Kingdom c. 930 Saxon Dynasty in East Francia 871–899 Reign of Alfred the Great 955 Battle of Lechfield (Magyar Advance Halted) c. 900 Viking Settlement 962 of Iceland and Otto I Crowned Domination as German Emperor 987 of Russia Hugh Capet Takes Frankish Throne (Beginning of Capetian Dynasty) c. 1000 Viking Settlement of Greenland Louis the Pious was well named. He ran Charlemagne’s concubines out of the imperial court; he gave his wholehearted support to the monastic reforms of Benedict of Aniane; and far more than his hardheaded father, Louis committed himself to the dream of a uniﬁ ed Christian Empire—a City of God brought down to earth. But Louis lacked the resources necessary to maintain cohesion throughout the wide dominions won by his father Charlemagne, his grandfather Pepin the Short (r. 741–768), and his great-grandfather Charles Martel (r. 714–741). He was neither as politically astute as they nor as militarily successful. Moreover, as wars of conquest gave way to wars of defense, he had fewer gifts of land and treasure with which to reward his aristocratic followers. With the ﬂ ow of royal largesse drying up, great landholders—many of them made great by past royal generosity—began to desert the monarchy and look to their own interests. But one of Louis’s greatest threats came closer to home: unhappy sons. Early in his reign, he made preparations to pass his imperial authority to his eldest son, giving modest kingdoms to the other two. These younger sons were unhappy about their broth- er’s greater inheritance, and their unhappiness was later exacerbated by the birth of a fourth son, for whom provision also had to be made. Eventually, the sons of Louis the ben85506_ch05_102-130.indd 103 10/26/09 10:09:22 AM.

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