Laboratory 5 Cell Respiration

Europe History and Ideas - Part III





From Charlemagne to the Holy Roman Germanic Empire
From Charlemagne crowned by Pope Leo III in Saint Peter's Basilica, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , begins a process of economic recovery thanks to the transition from two-year Earth's rotation to a three-year system, which allows you to diversify production (wheat, rye, barley). The church can give a nostalgia for lost unity, and nothing remains of the Roman political structure.
The wealth also comes from the market, despite the poor state of roads and bridges, consists mainly of internal trade. The Arab presence in the Iberian Peninsula and the friction with the Byzantine Empire make things difficult. The craft knows a development with the silk industry, for example.
The Empire of Charlemagne, devoid of North Africa and Spain but integrating Germany, it is more "European" that his old model. Moreover, epidemics and population decline will increase accordingly.

the death of Charlemagne, the Empire State and is fragmented into separate kingdoms, the first elements of nationalities in Europe, but this will not last long. The territory is vast, the people are very different, its location is at the door (map above)
does not matter, the idea of \u200b\u200bEurope is taken up by Otto I, King of Germany who is crowned emperor in Rome by Pope John XII, thus founding the Holy Roman Germanic Empire . The Privilegium Othonis forces the pope to swear allegiance.
The image of an empire that is identified by Christian Europe, has risen!