Carolingian Imperial Administration

Timeline

1. 800–814Rome and Aachen · ItalyIn 800 Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor in Rome; imperial administration centered on the Aachen court, establishing court offices, a treasury, and chancery to integrate Frankish, Aquitanian, and northern Italian territories.
2. c. 802–840Counties of the Carolingian Empire · Central EuropeThe empire divided its territory into counties and frontier marches, sending paired missi dominici to supervise local justice, taxation, and military affairs, and issued the Carolingian capitularies compiling local customary law.
3. 843–888Verdun · FranceThe Treaty of Verdun in 843 divided the empire into eastern, western, and middle parts, dissolving the unified administration; localities inherited Carolingian county and fief structures, evolving into the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of France, and other political entities.