Carolingianadj.n.

1881 Athenæum No. 2803. 86/2 The accessories preserve something that is Carolingian.

1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1777 Ornaments of the Carolingian period.

1897 H. W. Johnston Latin Manuscripts ii. 72 Of the better forms the Caroline (Carolingian) may be regarded as the type, as it finally became the literary hand of all Western Europe.

1912 E. M. Thompson Introd. Greek & Lat. Palaeogr. xvi. 367 At Tours, where, under the rule of Alcuin of York, who was abbot of St. Martin's from 796 to 804, was specially developed the exact hand which has received the name of the Carolingian Minuscule.

1962 D. B. Updike Printing Types (ed. 3) I. iii. 50 This Carolingian minuscule..became the dominant handwriting of western Europe.

1894 E. F. Henderson Hist. Germany in Middle Ages vii. 100 (heading) The later Carolingians.

1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 381/2 In Italy the Carolingians maintained their position until the deposition of Charles the Fat in 887.

1942 H. Norden & R. Norden tr. Ludwig Germans i. 34 From the Carolingians to the Great Revolution, France experienced no real change of dynasty.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 129/1 The Frankish monarchy under the Carolingians was fundamentally different from that of the Merovingians.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XI. 931/2 Under the Carolingians, the slaves in Gaul formed only a residual class, although the slave trade was still active.