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The 23 pages that link to Carolingian dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• Carolingian EmpireNarrower topic: The dynasty supplied the rulers whose authority defined the empire.

• CharlemagneNarrower topic: Charlemagne inherited and expanded the dynasty’s power.

• Capetian dynastyCompared with: Its collapse opened the succession that brought Hugh Capet to power.

• East FranciaRelated: Its branches supplied East Francia’s early kings and later disputed the succession.

• Merovingian dynastyRelated: The Carolingians took power after the Merovingian kings lost effective authority.

• Louis the PiousRelated: The succession conflict weakened the dynasty’s capacity to maintain unified imperial authority.

• Charles MartelBroader topic: Charles’s family built the power base from which the dynasty emerged.

• Carolingian minusculeNarrower topic: Its empire supplied the political networks through which the script was promoted.

• Battle of ToursRelated: Martel’s military authority strengthened the family that soon replaced the Merovingians.

• Louis the GermanNarrower topic: Louis’s branch preserved Carolingian rule in East Francia after the imperial division.

• Chanson de gesteRelated: Its rulers and wars became the poems’ central legendary past.

• Charles the FatNarrower topic: Charles’s authority rested on the dynasty’s inherited prestige and divided kingdoms.

• Frankish EmpireBroader topic: The Carolingians transformed the Frankish kingdom into an empire.

• Hugh CapetNarrower topic: Hugh’s accession ended Carolingian rule in West Francia.

• Mayor of the palaceNarrower topic: The family of powerful mayors replaced the Merovingians and transformed the office's authority into kingship.

• Pepin the ShortBroader topic: His accession established the dynasty that bears his family’s name.

• Arnulf of CarinthiaNarrower topic: Arnulf’s claim to kingship rested on his descent from this dynasty.

• Charles the SimpleNarrower topic: Charles’s claim rested on his descent from this dynasty.

• EinhardNarrower topic: Einhard’s career unfolded within the dynasty’s political and intellectual world.

• AustrasiaBroader topic: Its political ascendancy grew from Austrasian offices and aristocratic networks.

• Chlothar IICompared with: The growing influence of palace officials under Chlothar foreshadowed power shifts before the Carolingian takeover.

• Numa Denis Fustel de CoulangesRelated: His account examined how Carolingian institutions developed from earlier Roman and Frankish arrangements.

• Pepin of HerstalNarrower topic: Pepin's family laid the political foundations for the dynasty his descendants established.