Question

Why were Viking raiders such a threat after the death of Charlemagne? a After Charlemagne's death, the Carolingian Empire was divided into three sections. b The lords and knights were unable to challenge the Viking raiders. c Charlemagne's sons did not have the military expertise necessary to win against the invaders. d The ruler of the west Frankish lands gave land to the Vikings, establishing them in Europe.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A) After Charlemagne's death, the Carolingian Empire was divided into three sections.

Step-by-step explanation:

With Charlemagne's death in 813, the reign passed to his son Louis the Pious, who ruled until 840. Strongly influenced by the Church, Louis was a weak monarch. Church lands and manorial domains were able to free themselves from the control of central power by becoming autonomous and freeing themselves from the fulfillment of their obligations to central power. In addition, his government also coincided with a new wave of invasions that characterized the whole of western Europe in the 9th century. After the death of Luis, his three sons split the Empire in the Treaty of Verdun. Charles the Bald stayed with Western France; Louis the German with East France; and Lothair, with Central France. In this way, royal authority quickly crumbled. Counts, dukes and marquises usurp the royal powers and exercise them at the local level. In 877, the domains, then called fiefdoms, become hereditary. In 911, King Charles the Simple, unable to stop the Viking attacks, ceded to them the Duchy of Normandy.