Charlemagne (Charles the Great)'s Frankish Empire was the first major European order, in the 8th and 9th centuries AD. Despite the title it's not really Roman but Germanic, just endorsed by the Papacy. A successor to the Merovingian dynasty that first united the Franks after the Romans vacated Gaul, the Carolingian Empire would eventually lead to the formation of the kingdoms of France and Germany (the Franks merged with the Gallo-Roman population in France but their language survives in Flemish and Frankish regions).
At this time the other major forces in Europe were the pagan Saxons & Slavs, the Moors in Spain, the Lombards in Italy, the Avars from the Eurasian steppe and the nascent Vikings (some argue Charlemagne's Christianising campaigns actually provoked Viking expansion).
As an added bonus, this video is in sign-language (in case that wasn't totally obvious).
At this time the other major forces in Europe were the pagan Saxons & Slavs, the Moors in Spain, the Lombards in Italy, the Avars from the Eurasian steppe and the nascent Vikings (some argue Charlemagne's Christianising campaigns actually provoked Viking expansion).
As an added bonus, this video is in sign-language (in case that wasn't totally obvious).
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