„Textura – Telling History“ Content card: „Middle Ages - Reign“ • the oldest known dynasty of the Franks • ruled from the early 5th to the middle of the 8th century Merovingian dynasty • issued by the Imperial Diet in 1356 • fixed the structure of the Roman Holy Empire, the role of the king and the prince-electors • in force until 1806 Golden Bull of 1356 • born in 747/748 • in 768 King of the Franks • 25.12.800 Pope Leo III crowned him Imperator Romanorum • died in 814 • had 1 son: Louis the Pious Charlemagne • highest nobility who ruled over states of the Holy Roman Empire • by the late Middle Ages some became sovereign rulers of an Imperial State that held imperial immediacy within the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire of the Fürsten (princes) German Nation • The Kings and Emperors in the Holy Roman Empire had no capital but traveled with their family and court • Royal palaces and monasteries were used as accomodation. Itinerant Court CC BY SA : Ronald Hild / Daniel Bernsen • collection of Germanic peoples • originated in the lands between the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century AD • Frank means originally „free“, „fierce“ or „bold“ Franks • conflict between spiritual and secular power about who has the right to appoint clerics • between 1076 and 1122 Investiture controversy • Frankish noble family • Kings from 751 • name based on the Latin form of the name Karl (Karolus) Carolingian dynasty • Saxon noble family • Kings between 919 - 1024 • renewal of the translatio imperii by Otto I Ottonian dynasty • Restitutio imperii • The imperial coronation of Charlemagne was seen as the renewal of the old Western Roman Empire; therefore the name „Roman Empire“ • later: „Holy Roman Empire of the German Roman Empire Nation“ CC BY SA : Ronald Hild / Daniel Bernsen • in the year 1077 • trek by the German king Henry IV to Italy to lift his excommunication by the Pope • was a culmination of the Investiture controversy Road to Canossa • Term is derived from CAESAR • 800 renewal of the Roman Empire by Charlemagne • patron of the church • the emperor was crowned by the Pope in Rome Emperor • princes in the empire who had the right to choose the king • starting in the 13th century there were 4 secular and 3 spiritual electors Prince-electors • Head of the Roman- Catholic Church • simultaneously Bishop of Rome • also named pontifex or Holy Father Pope • Residence of the Pope and place of the coronation of the medieval emperors Rome CC BY SA : Ronald Hild / Daniel Bernsen • a west Germanic union of different peoples • lived in the north- western parts of today`s Germany • conquered and evangelized by Charlemagne in the so-called „Saxon Wars“ Saxons • September 23, 1122 • agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V • ended the Investiture controversy Concordat of Worms • signed in August 843 • divided the Carolingian Empire into 3 kingdoms among the 3 surviving sons of Louis the Pious, grandchildren of Charlemagne • Lothair I (Middle Franc.), Louis the German (East Franc.), Charles the Bold Treaty of Verdun (West Francia) • Frankish family in the Empire • provided four Kings (1024–1125) Salian dynasty Grafiken Kategorien von: Delapouite. Verfügbar unter: http://game-icons.net. CC BY SA : Ronald Hild / Daniel Bernsen .