Carolingian dynasty: Difference between revisions

The Carolingian dynasty takes its name from ''[[Carolus (name)|Carolus]]'', the [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] name of multiple Frankish kings including [[Charlemagne]] and [[Charles Martel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Carolingian dynasty |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carolingian-dynasty |access-date=2024-04-02 |website= |language=en}}</ref> Rendered in [[Old High German]], as [[Charles|Karl or Kerl]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2005|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|isbn=978-1856694599|page=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39T1zElEBrQC&q=Carolingian+dynasty+name&pg=PA107|access-date=5 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> its meaning is "free man".