To meet her ancestors click this link – Carolyn and Her Carolingians The illuminations and manuscripts of the time are stunning. It can be a great history lesson and further exploration of the Carolingian Empire reveals the first Medieval Renaissance of art and architecture, literature and music and scholarly reforms. She later told me her mother chose her name after she saw it in a knitting book.Ĭarolyn’s very ancient Carolingian ancestors are larger than life historical figures and hundreds of books and an enormous amount of online literature is available, I have simply summarized from Wikipedia most details about each descendant and added links for further reading if inclined. “Carolingian” – The meaning of – medieval Latin ” Karolingi” – An altered form of Old High German – “Karling” meaning “descendent of Charles” derives from the latinised name of Charles Martel – The English female equivalent is Carolyn or Caroline.Ĭarolyn Booth couldn’t believe it when she found out her christian name had a direct link to her very ancient ancestors the Carolingians. Charlemagne – King of the Franks, First Holy Roman Emperor
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