Carolingian
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- noun
- /ˌkɛrəˈlɪndʒən/
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carolingio
- Historians often study the Carolingians to understand the evolution of feudalism in Western Europe.
And when they're finally deposed by the Carolingians, that hair is cut.
- And when they're finally deposed by the Carolingians, that hair is cut.
- These are the lands of the Carolingians.
Examples
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In 789, as Holy Roman Emperor, he issued an edict that everything must be written in a standard hand, at least in his Gallic empire, a hand now known as Carolingian or Caroline minuscule.
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Where, then, did the Carolingians get their manuscripts?
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And when they're finally deposed by the Carolingians, that hair is cut.
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Also the constant Viking raids, although not a direct reason for the fall of the Carolingians, did weaken and stretch their forces on multiple fronts.
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I'm not really sure what either country has to do with the Franks other than Ummayyad-ruled Iraq having a tenuous connection to the rise of Carolingians through the Pirenne Thesis.
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of prominent European royal houses such as the Merovingians, Carolingians, Burgundians, Lombards, House of Savoy and the Pope's Swiss Guards.
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The Carolingians played a significant role in shaping the political landscape of medieval Europe.
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Charlemagne, a prominent figure of the Carolingians, was crowned Emperor of the Romans in the year 800.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Carolingian = caroling + ian
Formed from a historical proper-name stem plus the suffix '-ian'; the stem is not a productive common English base and the visible segments (e.g., 'carol' or '-ing') are misleading for learners.
Etymology
Carolingian comes from the Latin name Carolus, which means 'Charles' and was the name of Charlemagne. So a Carolingian is a member of the family of rulers that came from him and ruled parts of Europe.