Editing Andorra (section)

===Visigoths and Carolingians: the legend of Charlemagne===
[[File:Charlemagne_et_Louis_le_Pieux.jpg|right|thumb|[[Charlemagne]] instructing his son, [[Louis the Pious]]]]

After the [[fall of the Roman Empire]], Andorra came under the influence of the [[Visigothic Kingdom|Visigoths]], the [[History of Toledo, Spain#Visigothic Toledo|Kingdom of Toledo]], and the [[Diocese of Urgell]]. The Visigoths remained in the valleys for 200 years, during which time [[Gothic Christianity|Christianity]] spread. When the [[Al-Andalus|Muslim Empire of Al-Andalus]] replaced the ruling Visigoths in most of the Iberian Peninsula, Andorra was sheltered from these [[Arab]] invaders by the [[Francia|Franks]].{{sfn|Armengol Aleix|2009}}

Tradition holds that Charles the Great (Charlemagne) granted a charter to the Andorran people for a contingent of 5,000 soldiers under the command of Marc Almugaver, in return for fighting against the [[Moors]] near [[Porté-Puymorens]] ([[Cerdanya]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://turisme.andorralavella.ad/llegendes-tradicionals/pas-carlemany|title=El pas de Carlemany – Turisme Andorra la Vella|website=turisme.andorralavella.ad|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803170725/http://turisme.andorralavella.ad/llegendes-tradicionals/pas-carlemany|archive-date=3 August 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Parr%C3%B2quies_andorra.png|right|thumb|The six old parishes, each named for their [[patron saint]], as depicted in the ''Acta de Consagració i Dotació de la Catedral de la Seu d'Urgell'' (839)]]

Andorra remained part of the [[Hispanic Marches|Frankish ''Marca Hispanica'']], the buffer zone between the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]] and the Muslim territories, Andorra being part of the territory ruled by the [[Counts of Urgell|Count of Urgell]] and eventually the bishop of the Diocese of Urgell. Tradition also holds that it was guaranteed by the son of Charlemagne, [[Louis the Pious]], writing the ''Carta de Poblament'' or a local [[municipal charter]] {{Circa|805}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/19-cultura/933027-andorra-mira-els-arxius.html|title=Andorra mira els arxius|first=Jaume|last=Vidal|website=Elpuntavui.cat|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref>

In 988, Count [[Borrell II]] of Urgell gave the Andorran valleys to the Diocese of Urgell in exchange for land in [[Cerdanya]].<ref name="histo1">{{Cite GREC|title=La formació d'Andorra|andorra-0#anchor_-la-formaci-d-andorra}}</ref> Since then, the bishop of Urgell, based in Seu d'Urgell, has been [[Co-Princes of Andorra|co-prince]] of Andorra.<ref name=elements>{{cite web|url=http://www.coprince-fr.ad/catala/elements.htm |title=Elements de la història del Principat d'Andorra |language=ca |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100209181327/http://www.coprince-fr.ad/catala/elements.htm |archive-date= 9 February 2010 }}</ref>

The first document that mentions Andorra as a territory is the ''Acta de Consagració i Dotació de la Catedral de la Seu d'Urgell'' (Deed of Consecration and Endowment of the Cathedral of La Seu d'Urgell). The document, dated 839, depicts the six old [[Parishes of Andorra|parishes]] of the Andorran valleys that made up the country's administrative division.{{sfn|Armengol Aleix|2009|pp = 96 a 146}}