300-1200

CHAPTER 9 CHRISTIAN EUROPE , 300-1200 CHAPTER NOTES a. Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000 A. From Roman Empire to Germanic kingdoms a. In the 5th century the Roman Empire broke down. Europe was politically split, with Germanic kings ruling a number of different kingdoms. b. Western Europe continued to suffer invasions as Muslim Arabs and Berbers took the Iberian Peninsula and moved into France. c. In the 8th century the Carolingians united various Frankish kingdoms into a larger empire. At its height, under Charlemagne, the empire included Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. The empire was subdivided by Charlemagne's grandsons and never united again.