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Charlemagne and the Rise of Medieval Culture – Unit 7
General Events:
711
714-741
732
741-768
768
772-778
c. 790
800
814
910
987-996
11th cent.
1066
1096-1099
1165
1167
1202-1204
1270
1201
Muslims invade Spain
Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne, reigns as first ruler of the Frankish kingdom
Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at the Battle of Poitiers
Reign of Pepin the Short, father of Charlemagne
Charlemagne ascends the Frankish throne
Charlemagne’s military campaigns against Muslim Emirates
Charlemagne settles his court at Aachen (Aix-la-chapelle)
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman emperor at Rome by Pope Leo III
Death of Charlemagne
Founding of the monastery at Cluny
Reign of Hugh Capet in France ends Carolingian line of succession
Pilgrimages become very popular
Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror
First Crusade, capture of Jerusalem by Christians
Charlemagne canonized at Cathedral of Aachen
Sultan Saladin conquers Jerusalem
Fourth Crusade; sack of Constantinople by crusaders
Eighth Crusade
Fall of Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land
Literature:
735
781
814
c. 1098
12th cent.
c. 1125
14th – 15th c.
Death of the Venerable Bede, author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People
after 780Carolingian miniscule form of lettering developed
Charlemagne opens a palace school and imports scholars
Carolingian monasteries adopt the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-547?)
Song of Roland, chanson de geste, written down after 300 years of oral tradition (about he
Battle of Roncesvalles in 778)
Development of liturgical drama
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux denounces extravagances of Romanesque decoration
Play cycles performed outside the church; Everyman (15th cent), morality play
Art:
8th-9th cent.
800-810
c. 820-830
1120-1132
c. 1165
Irish Book of Kells (Dublin, Trinity College); illuminated manuscripts and carved ivories
prevalent
Gospel Book of Charlemagne
Utrect Psalter
Sculptures at Abbey Church of la Madeleine, Vezelay
Reliquary of Charlemagne and candelabra commissioned for Aachen cathedral for canonization
of Charlemagne
Architecture:
c. 795
after 1000
c. 1071-1112
c1080-1130
1096-1120
Music:
c. 800
Palace and chapel of Charlemagne at Aachen
Use of massive walls and piers, rounded arches and minimal windows
Pilgrimage Church at Santiago de Compostela constructed, Spain
Pilgrimage church at Toulouse, France,pilgrimage center
Abbey Church of La Madeleine, Vezelay
Monasteries become centers for encouragement of sacred music; theoretical study of music at
Charlemagne’s palace school
9th cent.
c. 810
822
11-12th cent.
Use of semi dramatic trope in liturgical music; Quem Quaeritis trope introduced into Easter
Mass
Gregorian plain chant( cantus planus) obligatory in Charlemagne’s churches
Earliest documented church organ
Gregorian chant codified