Western Civilization I / Unit 10 WC1 0916 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Partition, Verdun, East Francia, and Otto I, 962
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The idea
After eight fourteen the empire was partitioned, at Verdun in eight forty-three on the witness, among Louis the Pious's sons. East Francia became Germany's origin. Otto I was crowned emperor in nine sixty-two, and the Empire outlived Charlemagne's blood.
In practice
Verdun is witness-supplied; the anchor describes the division unnamed.
Where people slip
The Empire's title passed to a non-Carolingian line. Learn nine sixty-two.
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