Carolingian

Carolingian stands for

• the Carolingians , house name of the ruling family of the West Germanic Franks, who had the royal dignity in the Franconian Empire from 751
• Carolingian book illumination , book illumination created in the Franconian Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries
• Carolingian renaissance , Carolingian renovatio or Carolingian renewal, the cultural boom in the early Middle Ages at the time of the early Carolingians, especially in education, in language and literature, in books and architecture
• Carolingian minuscule , also called Carolingian minuscule or Carolina, a font probably developed in the 8th century

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