In 884, Charles the Fat reunited all the Carolingian kingdoms for the last time, but he died in 888 and the empire immediately split up.
Erasmus was a Dutch humanist who became a monk and a scholar with the many reformers of his time, Erasmus saw the leaders of his church abusing their powers.
They developed new political ideas by reflecting on the existing political institutions and the relations between the people in a society. They tried to come up with new ways to make things better that were heavily involved in ethics, epistemology, ontology, and a bunch of other philosophical ideas whose origins can be found in ancient philosophical works.
The mid level clouds are altocumulus, altostratus, and nimbostratus. i hope i helped <3