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Chapter 17 APWH

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definition: king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy

significance: Reunified Europe for some time

definition: Carolingian monarch of Franks; responsible for defeating Muslims in battle of Tours in 732; ended Muslim threat to western Europe

significance: Stopped Muslim expansion

definition: king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor

significance: Symbolized the relationship between the Church and Charlemagne

definition: crowned Charlemagne the "Holy Roman Emperor"

significance: strained Byzantian relationship

Gregory of Tours

definition: literate monk who wrote the History of the Franks and some of the other few surviving histories of the Early Middle Ages