Category: Charlemagne

He was active in overseeing his kingdom and regularly travelled around it. He also set up a network of messengers to report back to him on what was happening. Under his rule, his kingdom rose to dominate Western Europe. Over his lifetime, Charlemagne fought many wars. His victories expanded the territory under his control. He…

What do all elite empires like the Roman and Byzantine Empire have in common? They both have a centralized government. As an empire, it is critical to have a form of legislative order to maintain stability within your Kingdom/Empire. With that being said, the ruler of the empire has the power to create that order…

The first emperor of the Holy Roman empire is known as Charlemagne. Charlemagne was one of the most impressive and dynamic of every medieval ruler. He started and energized a renaissance of learning and aesthetic undertaking that appeared to later ages as a Golden Age. A unique general, overseer and law-supplier, he was as talented…

Annotated Bibliography 1. Sypeck, Jeff. Becoming Charlemagne: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of 800 A.D. New York, New York: HarperCollins, 2006. This book source gives descriptions of the worldwide battle that prompted this world-evolving episode of becoming Charlemagne. Enlightening a period that has for quite some time been dominated by legend, this far-running book shows…

When the Franks attacked the Muslim kingdoms in Spain it was clearly done for power and to take control of Christian lands which they desired. As when the Frankish arrived under Pepin the younger his son Charlemagne would follow his fathers wishes and desires to take control over the Spanish kingdoms and to convert them…

The Franks and their kings directed their gaze primarily toward the Near East and those parts of southern Europe closest to their empire, but seldom toward the west, the area inhabited by the Irish and the Anglo- Saxons, and neverat least not before Charlemagnes reignto the north. Charlemagne, his father, Pepin, and his grandfather before…

The Life of Charlemagne (pp. 248-252) According to Einhard, what made Charlemagne an effective ruler? What were your strengths? What were his weaknesses? What was the status of women at Charlemagnes court? Give specific examples of how women were treated? How does Einhard explain any problems occurring in the empire? How did Charlemagne treat Christianity,…

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