Charlemagne was born into a royal family which means he was destined to become royalty later on. He was born around 742 and was the son of Bertrada of Laon and Pepin the Short who became king in 751. Pepin divided the kingdom equally between him and his brother. After his brother died and it was passed on to his nephews‚ Charlemagne murdered them and seized their territories. As an adult‚ Charlemagne displayed a talent for languages and could speak Latin and understand Greek‚ among other languages
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Charlemagne brought some key administrative developments into his domain‚ which got to be known as the Carolingian Empire. He based on the current arrangement of seignorialism‚ whereby lords gave tracts of area to their nobles in return for faithfulness and administration. Charlemagne conceded vast landholdings called fiefs to numerous tribal military pioneers. Furthermore‚ he delegated various Frankish nobles to the posts of checks (the leader of a locale called an area) and margraves (the number
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Unit 8 Charlemagne Why did Charlemagne distrust the pope’s motives in crowning Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor? - By crowning him emperor‚ the pope established the significant precedent that only the pope could confer the imperial crown. - He was worried about a conflict with the Byzantines. The Byzantine Empress Irene was rumored to have considered a marriage to Charlemagne‚ and his coronation as emperor‚ was seen as an insult to Byzantium. How could Charlemagne create such a powerful empire
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British Isles‚ there was truly just a single tribe in the entire of territory Europe who were standard Christians — the Franks‚ whose King had changed over in 496. The others were all agnostics or Arians. This changed when Charles the Great‚ or "Charlemagne" moved toward becoming King of the Franks‚ administering from 771 to 814. He was an incredible military hero‚ and directed this ability into the administration of the congregation‚ for in assuming control the greater part of Western Europe and a
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unbiased of Charlemagne? That is the question. Einhard was definitely biased when writing his description of Charlemagne primarily because he was writing his piece while Charlemagne was still breathing. Any historian who has studied history‚ knows that a scribe never wants to write something bad about their king because they would have been executed on the spot and that is why Einhard writings of The Life of Charlemagne is biased. However‚ he wanted people to know some facts about Charlemagne so he included
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The rise of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages impacted much of Western Europe and was reestablished to be as powerful as the Old Roman empire. The Holy Roman Emperor was able to unite and influence the people of Europe for many years to come. Before Charlemagne (or Charles the Great) came into power in 768‚ his grandfather Charles Martel became the ruler of the Frankish territories after the Merovingian dynasty was losing control of it. When Martel died‚ his son Pepin the Short‚ took the power of the
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In Two Lives of Charlemagne‚ author Einhard‚ an advisor and close friend of Charles the Great‚ related the accomplishments and qualities of his lord and patron. He felt that if he failed to document Charlemagne ’s life‚ the Frankish King would lose much of the respect that his greatness deserved. Einhard organized his work by telling of the wars and political conquests‚ societal works‚ and the King ’s private life. In glorifying Charlemagne‚ Einhard prescribed the qualities of a good and effective
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for Emperor Charlemagne‚ who ruled during the second half of the eighth century. Charlemagne was a strong new force that emerged on the continent‚ and his ruling brought out new ideas‚ architecture and religion to the people under his ruling. It was under Charlemagne‚ that the new dynasty of Carolingian was created‚ and with his expansion‚ he brought this dynasty to many different places around the continent. And it was Charlemagne that created the well-known chapel described
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illegitimate son Charles‚ later known as Charles Martel. After 737‚ Charles governed the Franks without a king on the throne but declined to call himself king. Charles was succeeded in 741 by his sons Carloman and Pepin the Short‚ the father of Charlemagne. To curb separatism in the periphery of the realm‚ in 743 the brothers placed on the throne Childeric III‚ who was to be the last Merovingian king. After Carloman resigned office in 746 to enter the church by preference as a monk‚ Pepin brought
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Emperor Justinian and His Attendants Introduction and Identification The image I chose to write about is called Emperor Justinian and His Attendants. A mosaic dating back to 547 CE‚ it is found within the church of San Vitale in Ravenna‚ Italy. The material used in creating the piece is glass‚ known as tessarae‚ set in plaster. (Davies 246) The scene is one of two which flank the altar of the church. The other image is Empress Theodora and Her Attendants.(Davies 254) It is unknown who the artist
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