Introduction The artifact I have chosen to analyze is a letter titled Dear Racists‚ written by Charlemagne the God in 2015. Charlemagne the God‚ or Lenard Mckelvey‚ is a proclaimed TV and radio personality who speaks on behalf of Black Americans. Mckelvey’s letter is directed towards white Americans and its purpose is to make the end of racism start with white Americans denounce racist white Americans. He does this by reminiscing the events of racial injustices across the country. He depicts racist
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Song of Roland The Song of Roland‚ or La Chanson de Roland‚ is an anonymously written poem about Count Roland and his King Charlemagne. The story takes place in the eighth century A.D in Spain and France‚ but the poem was not composed until sometime during the eleventh century A.D. According to tradition‚ Roland was the nephew of Charlemagne and possessed the sword Durandel and the horn Oliphant. This epic French poem tells a story of betrayal and revenge with poetic imagery. The Song of Roland
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Why did the Imperial Coronation happen? There has been much speculation on the imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 and the sources written on it hold vary varying opinions as to which of the parties involved in this coronation played the key role in making it happen. These characters consist of; The Pope‚ the court (namely Alucin) and Charlemagne himself. It can also be disputed that the coronation was simply a natural outcome of the long term growth in Frankish and Papal relations over time
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Marisol Valentin November 10‚ 2012 Period 2 Charlemagne and King Louis IX The Medieval Period was an era between the years of 500 A.D to 1500. During this time the Dark Ages was dominated by the religion of the Christian Church and was politically ruled by the pope. Feudalism was a also a great part in the Medieval Period and some followed the Feudal System. The political organization of this time had a lot of ties between the government and the Catholic church. During this time‚ many people
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events that Herodotus talks about seem conjured. The Two Lives of Charlemagne gives details about the life of Charlemagne. The entire story praises Charlemagne as a great hero and leader. All the qualities of the emperor seem perfect‚ like the fact that he is fair to not only his sons but also his daughters‚[1] or that he gives alms to all Christians from different areas of the world.[2] The ever so perfect qualities of Charlemagne make it seem as if Einhard’s interpretations are a bit embellished
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Charlemagne took a stand for learning by opening new schools‚ encouraging children to read and write‚ and attracting leading scholars to his court. Charlemagne‚ born in 742‚ ruled the Franks for forty six years‚ from 768 to 814. He was born around 742 and was emperor for 14 years‚ from 800-814‚ or until he died. His mother’s name was Bertrada and his father was King Pepin the third‚ King of the Franks from 751 to 768 AD. He had four wives in his entire life‚ the daughter of Desiderius‚ Hildegard
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assault from Germanic clan. During the sovereignty of Charlemagne‚ Christianity soared extremely high. In 800‚ on Christmas Day after being topped monarch by Pope Leo III‚ Charlemagne brought schooling and illumination to his people. The Pope Leo positioned a golden crown on the bent head of Charlemagne. Charlemagne due to the coronation left him astonished‚ affirming that had he knew Pope Leo III’s plan he would not have entered the church. Charlemagne was indomitable to reinforce his kingdom and to
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The Crusades Top of Form How did the Song of Roland reflect the ideals of the time? What was important to Crusaders? The Song of Roland depicts disregarding the actual history‚ Charlemagne capable of conquering all of Spain. The account is legend. Roland‚ a Frankish lord and Charlemagne’s own nephew. The "treachery" of the Christian Basques becomes transformed into the treachery of a single man‚ Ganelon‚ and the Basques themselves are replaced by Moslems‚ whom the poet calls Saracens or pagans
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problems. While reading about this historical empire I overlooked some very important actions upheld within the empire. Initially‚ I thought that the information presented in the book was all credited to Charlemagne. Though the majority of the greatest years of the empire occurred under Charlemagne‚ it did not fully explain the empire itself. Most of what was accomplished was carried out inside of Charlemagne’s realm‚ but he alone did not form the empire himself. The groundwork to the empire was
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similar fashion‚ however‚ since they were situated in the border of unconquered lands‚ marquises‚ the administrators of the marches‚ had a greater military role. In order to maintain that the counts and marquises were following the commands of Charlemagne‚ the frequently sent out his own central administrative staff in pairs to investigate the local conditions‚ correct abuses‚ and report their findings back to
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