St. Boniface is attacked by the Saxons. Note the Saxons to the left with axes and knives and the companions of St. Boniface to the right. Boniface holds the Bible aloft
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The German Cultural Heritage
| Course File 6 |
The End of the Roman Empire through
The Founding of the Holy Roman Empire
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Please start with the sound file. The notes below are referenced in the sound file.
Sound Files:
1. Sound File Nr. 1 (The Fall of Rome through the Missions of Boniface.) (15 mins.) (mp3)
2. Sound File Nr. 2 (Boniface through the birth of Karl the Great.) (13 mins.) (mp3)
3. Sound File Nr. 3 (The rule of Karl the Great (Charlemagne). (18 mins.) (mp3)
4. Sound File Nr. 4 (Through the Death of Karl the Great (Charlemagne). (8 mins.) (mp3)
570 * Mohammed
590 Gregory I (the great) becomes Pope
600 Christianization of Germany, east of the Rhine begins
700 Beowulf is composed
742 St. Boniface establishes a bishoprick in Würzburg. (Map of Modern Germany)
742 Birth of Karl the Great (Charlemagne)
750 Bonifatius founds a monastery in Fulda (First permanent monastery in Germany, east of the Rhine) Cathedral of Fulda (A powerpoint presentation requiring a powerpoint player and a fast modem)
751 Pipin becomes king of the Franks (Map of Europe in 700)
754 Martyrdom of Bonifatius by pagen Saxons
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756 Pipin conquers Lombardy and donates the lands near Rome to the Pope
768 Karl (Charlemagne) becomes king of the Franks. He establishes his palace at Aachen. (Map of Modern Germany) (Aachen Web Pages)
Rec: Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne
Karl der Große
772 Karl attacks the Saxons
774 Karl drives the Lombards out of Italy
776 Karl defeats the Saxons and establishes a palace at Paderborn (Map of Modern Germany)
777 Karl holds the first imperial court in Saxon territory in Paderborn.
787 Founding of the city of Bremen (Map of Modern Germany)
788 Cathedral of Würzburg consecrated. (Sites in Würzburg)
792 Karl starts the building of a church in Aachen
799 Karl and Pope Leo III meet in Paderborn
800 Karl is crowned Emperor in Rome--beginning of the Holy Roman Empire, the oldest German epic poem the Hildebrantslied is preserved in writing
803 Karl conqures the Saxons
814 + Karl the Great (Charlemagne). Buried in the Cathedral of Aachen in 824.
The Cathedral of Aachen. The cathedral was built
during the reign of Charlemagne. Charlemagne is buried in the cathedral.
Visitors today may see items from the age of Charlemagne. |
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