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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capital city‚ Constantinople. Around 527‚ an emperor‚ who became known as Justinian the Great‚ rose to power. Justinian desired to restore the massive Roman Empire. He assemble a gigantic army together and managed to recapture most of the land that formerly belonged to the Roman Empire. He gathered all the laws that were once used by the Roman Empire and combined them for the people. This collection of laws became known as the Justinian Code and is still used by several nations today.
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The structure of Two Lives of Charlemagne is designed to let an audience learn about the history of the rule of Charles from two different perspectives. The first section is written by Einhard and the second section is written by Notker the Stammerer. One perspective views Charlemagne more like a human and the other account view Charlemagne as more pious and saint-like. The two different views of Charlemagne’s reign both coincide that Charlemagne was a generous ruler and was a great king and emperor
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Charlemagne History 101 - Fast Forward Fall 1996 PREPARED BY: SUBMITTED: September 30‚ 1996 Charlemagne‚ or Charles the Great‚ King of the Franks (742-814)‚ was a strong leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the Church. His belief in the need for education among the Frankish people was to bring about religious‚ political‚ and educational reforms that would change the history of Europe. Charlemagne was born in 742 at Aachen
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Charlemagne ruled the Frankish Empire for a total of 46 years and his reign was said to be one of the greatest‚ not only by those of his time‚ but by many historians to date. He is known to many as the greatest kings of the dark ages‚ and his many accolades can back up his given title. The Imperial Coronation on December 25‚ 800 would be the official stamp of approval and a testament of the faith that he had instilled into not only the Christian population of Franks‚ but in Pope Leo III himself
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Charlemagne reportedly killed 4500 Pagan Saxons in one day for not converting to Christianity. Should History remember such a ruthless individual as a “good leader”? Charlemagne was a ruthless person‚ but history will still remember him as a good leader. He united much of Europe under his rule‚ he improved many things like education‚ converted many people to Christianity‚ and he was a great military leader. It is because of these reasons that Charlemagne will be remembered by history as a good
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king is both powerful and kindhearted. King Charlemagne was ideal because he successfully created a powerful Frankish empire even though he was a distinguished altruist. King Charlemagne expanded the boundaries of the Frankish kingdom with resolute and strategic military action including large victories in Saxon and Rome. His unyielding tactics secured his victory in the Saxon War which carried on for over 30 years. In this conquest‚ King Charlemagne aimed to conjoin the Germanic tribes of Saxon
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Source. Report #1 - Charlemagne Robert Folz. The Coronation of Charlemagne(Book)‚ first written in french in 1964‚ this book is now available in English translation. Robert Folz is well known for his monumental studies of the legend of Charlemagne in the Middle ages. Robert Folz was a French medievalist and a specialist in the Carolignan era; for this reason he is better qualified than most historians to convey a deep understanding of the efforts and signifance of Charlemagne for France and Europe
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