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The Carolingian Empire was founded by what legendary European king?
Kaibian
Charlemagne
Barbarossa
William the Conqueror
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The Carolingian Empire was centered on what ethnic group which Charlemagne ruled?
The Saxons
The Franks
The Goths
The Lombards
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The Carolingian Empire is considered the first iteration of what legendary European power which was united with the Vatican?
The Geldstag Line
The Kingdom of the Bourbons
The German Ontahg
The Holy Roman Empire
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What Pope crowned Charlemagne as holy Emperor in an act that began the Holy Roman Empire?
Innocent VII
Clement II
Sixtus V
Leo III
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The Vatican agreed to bestow the title of Holy Roman Emperor upon Charlemagne in an attempt to take away the authority of the legacy of Rome from what other nation called the Eastern Roman Empire?
The Byzantine Empire
The Spartan Empire
The Georgian Empire
The Russian Empire
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What city in Germany served as the unofficial capital of the Carolingian Empire since it was the city where the emperors held their courts?
Aachen
Stuttgart
Bonn
Dresden
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The Carolingian Empire takes its name from Charlemagne's Latin title. What was this Latin title?
Carlain Orlimagne
Carlos Magnanes
Carolus Magnus
Charlaine Magne
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The Carolingian Empire was inspired by the imperial conquest of what king who was Charlemagne's grandfather?
Charles Martel
Peter the Great
Barbarossa
William the Conqueror
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What is the name of the codes which Charlemagne drafted to rule the Saxon people by fusing their existing culture with his own Frankish culture?
Sax Legis
Codex Saxonnes
Pax Saxonus
Lex Saxonum
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During 778, Charlemagne's armies faced their greatest defeat at the hands of the Spanish Basques. What was the name of this battle?
The Battle of Le Panto
The Battle of Cornwall Straits
The Battle of Roncevaux Pass
The Battle of Cordigan
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What famous Carolingian Queen was the second wife of Charlemagne and the woman who bore the heir who would succeed Charlemagne as Carolingian Emperor?
Joanna
Hildegard
Gretchen
Allabella
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What is the name of the son of Hildegard and Charlemagne who would succeed his father as Carolingian Emperor?
Timothy the Grand
Gottfried the Prudent
Louis the Pious
Charles the Rude
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Louis the Pious earned his nickname for which of the following reasons?
He was reported to be able to perform miracle healings.
He was both Carolingian Emperor and Pope for a time.
He restored churches and holy documents on behalf of the Vatican.
He was baptized every day to recommit himself to God.
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What is the name of the anonymous author who recorded the history of Louis the Pious and his sons in his work The Life of Louis?
The Astronomer
The Alchemist
The Scrivener
The Wanderer
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When Louis the Pious ascended to the throne, he forced what cousin of Charlemagne to enter a monastery as a form of political banishment?
Maslow
Tornin
Wicker
Wala
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In 817, what nephew of Louis the Pious rebelled against his uncle and was subsequently blinded and killed for his treason?
King Almech
King Bernard
King Trost
King Roben
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What is the name of the figure of the Carolingian Cycle who was a legendary knight of Charlemagne known for his stalwart defense of the Empire from the Bretons?
Hastur
Antilles
Roland
Astolfo
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Louis the Pious caused a civil war among his heirs when he tried to add what fourth son into the inheritance division of the Carolingian Empire?
Gerald the Fat
Charles the Bald
Sebastian the Imprudent
Oliver the Lax
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What was the name of the eldest son of Louis the Pious known for his constant efforts to overthrow his father and take the Carolingian Empire for his own?
Reichhaus
Tomar
Raleigh
Lothar
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Lothar II, the son of the Carolingian lord Lothar, ruled a group of lands that was named which of the following?
Lotharland
Lothartopia
Los Lothars
Lotharingia
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What nobleman of Septimania inspired a civil war against Louis the Pious when he appointed that man to replace Lothar as a regional lord?
Bernard
Jerome
Pyrrhus
Ignatius
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The Oaths of Strasbourg were important pieces of Carolingian legislation that created the modern border between what two European powers?
France and Germany
Portugal and Spain
Italy and France
Great Britain and Scotland
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What 843 document ended the civil wars between Louis the Pious and his sons to restore a period of peace to the Carolingian Empire?
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Verdun
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Greenville
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What is the name of the third son of Louis the Pious who was known for his shifting allegiances both to his father and against him and also who ruled the land known as East Francia?
Mikhail the Dutch
Nicholas the Merciful
Louis the German
Alexander the Bold
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What is the name of the Frankish scholar who was a servant of Charlemagne known for his production of the biography Vita Karoli Magni?
Mars
Deckler
Einhard
Reuben
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What Danish knight of Charlemagne do legends say bore the blade Cortain and eventually betrayed his master to serve Lombardy?
Mordred
Alabastor
Leodegrance
Ogier
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What is the name of the final King of the Carolingian Empire who managed to reunite the Empire's territory until his death in 888 shattered this power forever?
Charles the Fat
Wesley the Timid
Jonathan the Worthy
Ronald the Wise
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Charles the Fat undermined his authority when he paid off members of what famous group of Norse pirates to leave the Carolingian Empire alone?
Vikings
Saxons
Picts
Goths
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After Charles the Fat's allies began to turn on him for his perceived weakness, what nephew of Charles managed to cause a rebellion that would end up destroying the Carolingian Empire forever more?
Eadwulf
Arnulf
Orthulf
Wedgaulf
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