Charlemagne (742-814), or Charles the Great, was king of the Franks, 768-814, and emperor of the West, 800-814. He founded the Holy Roman Empire, stimulated European economic and political life, and fostered the cultural revival known as the...

(742–814). The Frankish king and later emperor who gave his name to the Carolingian empire was born to Pepin III the Short and Bertrada in 742. In accordance with Frankish custom, on Pepin’s death in 768 his realm was divided between his...

742-814 European ruler who conquered and united most of Europe, creating an entity reminiscent of the Roman Empire. He was proclaimed the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in 800. Charlemagne raised the level of cultural and...

CHARLEMAGNE (c. 742–814), also known as Charles the Great and Carolus Magnus; king of the Franks (768–800) and first emperor of a revived Empire in the West (800–814). For three years after the death in 768 of Pépin III (the...

Charlemagne (En: pronounced /ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn/; Fr: pronounced [ʃaʀləˈmaɲ]; Latin: Carolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) (742/747 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms into a...

Charlemagne, King of the Franks, conquered the Lombards of Italy in 774 and forged a link with the popes to help improve his chances of acceptance by the different cultures of Italy. The literature available from the time favors Charlemagne, and shows he could...

BRUSSELS CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE GALERIE DAMASQUINE Charlemagne Palestine is a pioneer of experimental and minimalist music (with recent discs on the Alga Marghen and Barooni labels) as well as video art. But he is also known for his sculptural detournement of stuffed animals....

Charlemagne believed in fair government for all.He ruled an empire called Francia that stretched larger than the boundaries of what today are France and Germany. Despite the great distances and difficulty in traveling, Charlemagne (742-814) gathered all his leaders for meetings every year.At these assemblies,...

Lee Drew had a chat with some cousins the other day.He was sitting in his home office in Orem, Utah. Four of the cousins were in England. One was in Australia, another in South Africa. A few more joined in from other parts of North...

In the following essay, Garrison considers factors that enabled the creation and survival of Carolingian verse. She also contrasts the perspectives of genteel coterie poetry, written by the court elite, with those of less-censured contemporary victory poems.

In the following essay Scholz describes and discusses the importance of two Carolingian works: the Royal Frankish Annals (740-829), which reflects the King’s interest in keeping a record for posterity, and Nithard’s Histories, a mostly contemporary (840-43) and more objective history which includes an account of Charlemagne’s death.

In the following excerpt, Davis describes the missi, Charlemagne’s agents in many matters of law; Alcuin and his Palatine school; and Charlemagne’s own scholarly interests and achievements. He also explains the demise of the Frankish empire and the development of the Charlemagne legends and song cycle.

This essay is about Charlemagne and it includes information on his early life, his campaigns, his coronation and the decline of his empire

Provides biographical detail on the life and military career of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Describes his war record, his significant impact on education and arts and his transformations to the structure of medieval government and politics make him a master in more than one field.

The latter part of the eighth century AD through the beginning of the ninth century AD was dominated by the reign of Emperor Charles the Great, also known as Charlemagne. Charlemagne's desire to create a kingdom similar to ancient Rome produced two of the best known religious and secular institutions of the century, which would greatly influence medieval life, his palace school and chapel at Aachen.