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Name: Fulda Abbey

Type: Polity

Start: 775 AD

End: 1156 AD

Nation: fulda (abtei)

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Was an Abbey in Hesse, founded in 775. It had some sort of independency from the beginning. It was elevated to an Imperial Abbey in 1156.

Establishment


  • January 775: Imperial immediacy of the Fulda Abbey.
  • Chronology


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    1. Hungarian invasions of Europe


    The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

  • January 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south.
  • February 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south. After the ride they left these territories.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1157: Fulda is elevated to a Prince-Abbacy.
  • Selected Sources


  • Leyser, K. (1982): Medieval Germany and its neighbours, 900-1250, London (UK), p. 50
  • Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543
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