![]() ![]() These are people that actually settled in what is now Germany, ![]() You might know them as the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths and the Huns. People who migrated into the lands that were part Male: In order to understand what happened in the Roman Empire in the West, you have to recognize the pressure from a series of invasions from people that the Romans thought of as barbarians. The idea of the Roman Empire hangs on, but its ability to govern comes apart. Female: What we see beginning especially in the fifth century is the dissolution of the institutions of the Roman Empire. Important to understand, the Western Roman Empireīasically fell apart. Happened in Western Europe that allowed for Charlemagne People still look to that emperor in the East Female: But there's stillĪn emperor in the East who has moral authority. Years after Constantine, we have now an emperor in the West. Had shifted to the East and now, in 800, 500 Until Constantine moved the empire to Constantinople, In the year 800 exactly, Charlemagne is crownedĮmperor by the Pope in Rome. Female: We're talkingĪbout the late eighth and ninth century. Struggle because there are so few fragments of information. Female: The person you're referring to is Charlemagne or Charles (music) Male: Between the ancient Roman world and the modern world, between the ancient Roman emperors and Napolean, there was really only one ruler that controlled most of Western Europe. ![]()
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