carolingians

Few figures left behind a grand or even honourable legacy in that time of troubles known as the feudal anarchy, which engulfed Italy as the Carolingian Empire burst into flames unseen since the fall of the first Rome. Not long after the deposition of Charles III, the man whose idleness had...

The available sources at the time provide limited information about events beyond the Lombard core areas. Still, by 860, the Muslims appeared to be as strong in southern Italy as they were in Sicily, indicating their potential for complete conquest in the region. Their dominance extended the...

What if, contemporarily to the ecumenical council of 870 in Constantinople, Ermengarde of Italy and Constantine of Byzantium formalized their marriage and created a solid bond between the kingdom of Italy and the Eastern Romans? This would pacify the orthodox extremists who claimed Charlemagne...

On 890, Edward the Elder of England would marry Ermentrude of France to have another marriage tie with West Francia, the marriage would result in two children, Aethelstan(893) and Edith(898), Ermentrude would die in 899 which would cause Edward the Elder to remarry to Aelflaed, his second wife...

The question is on the tin - What if Irene of Athens, wife of Leo IV and Mother of Constantine VI of the Byzantine Empire before couping the Empire from her son in the 790s, died in 787 and what if Charlemagne has 7 sons outliving him (his sons in order being Pepin "the Hunchback" (illegitimate)...

So I've seen this asked a dozen or so times on this thread, but what if we had France be the HRE and Germany be the Royal state IOTL. Let's say, in the 843 Treaty of Verdun, Middle Francia is given Flanders and Switzerland but West Francia is given Burgundy and Provence. In the Partition of...

The Debonnaire's Demise: an alternate Carolingian Partition TL Only three years into his reign as Emperor of the Franks, the last remaining son of Charlemagne lies dead. All it took was an unstable wooden construction to plunge the Empire into an uncertain future. With no clear plans for the...

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Theophanes the Confessor claims that after Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor, Byzantine Empress Irene of Athens attempted to secure a marriage alliance with him. He further claims that this effort was frustrated by one of her advisors, a eunuch named Aetios. Personally, I think...

As we all know the Carolingian Empire a title which is unofficially given by historians to signify the start of the Carolingian patrimony over Western and Central Europe. This started with Emperor Charlemagne who brought order to Western Europe in a vast empire. The first of its kind since the...

After some private discussion on a related topic, I reminded myself of a discussion that I started back in September of 2017 regarding the Maximum Spread and Usage of the Cyrillic Alphabet. Specifically; The first half of my response to Kammada's suggestion was specifically what I reminded...