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OddoofMetz,Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne,Aachen,Germany, c. 798 TERM 2 DEFINITION 2 St. Matthew pagefrom theCoronation Gospels, early 9thc., illuminated ms.,KunsthistorischesMuseum,Vienna TERM 3 DEFINITION 3 St. Matthew pagefrom theBook ofEbbo(orEbboGospels),BibliothqueMunicipale,pernay TERM 4 DEFINITION 4 Equestrian Portrait of Carolingian Emperor, 9thc., bronze, Louvre TERM 5 DEFINITION 5 LindauGospels Book Cover / Crucifixion with Angels, c. 870- 80, gold, pearls, and gems, Pierpont Morgan Library,New York
Charlemagne
(; 2 April 742/747/74828 January 814), also known as Charles the Great (; ) or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. TERM 7
Carolus Magnus
DEFINITION 7 Another name for Charlemagne TERM 8
Carolingian
DEFINITION 8 Art comes from the Frankish Empire in the period of roughly 120 years from about 780 to 900 - during the reign of Charlemagne and his immediate heirs - popularly known as the Carolingian Renaissance. TERM 9
Holy Roman Empire
DEFINITION 9 A multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806. The core and largest territory of the empire was the Kingdom of Germany, though it included at times the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Bohemia, and the Kingdom of Burgundy, as well as numerous other territories. TERM 10
westwork
DEFINITION 10 The monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church.
