Why Were the Carolingians Unable to Hold Their Empire Together

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why were the Carolingians unable to hold their empire together after the death of Charlemagne?

• A) The kingdom was divided up by Charlemagne's successors and became vulnerable to attacks by invading Vikings, Magyars, and Muslims.
• B) The kingdom was attacked by groups of invading Huns, Ostrogoths, and Vandals, who destroyed the administrative institutions that Charlemagne had built up.
• C) Charlemagne had refused to ally himself with the Roman papacy, thereby depriving his kingdom of the unifying force of Christianity.
• D) Charlemagne's three sons fought bitterly over the spoils of the kingdom, and each allied himself with a different group of foreign invaders in an effort to defeat his brothers.

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