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| 796 |
| | | Alcuin leaves the palace school at Aachen to become abbot of the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The script known as Carolingian minuscule (basis of the modern roman typeface) is developed by Alcuin and his scribes at the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 816 |
| | | Work begins in Rheims on the Utrecht Psalter, an outstanding example of the Carolingian illuminated manuscript | |
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| 843 |
| | | The central Frankish kingdom, Francia Media, becomes one of the great fault lines of European history | |
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| c. 850 |
| | | The three-field system, introduced by the Franks, increases agricultural yield by 33%. | |
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| 909 |
| | | Monastic reform, begun at Cluny, is so successful that more than 1000 Benedictine houses eventually follow the Cluniac example | |
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| 911 |
| | | The Vikings settle in France, as Normans, when Rollo the Ganger is granted feudal rights over the region round Rouen | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy | |
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet, a Frankish noble elected king of west Francia, establishes the royal dynasty of France. | |
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet is the first in an unbroken line of twelve generations on the throne of France | |
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