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.

This is an essay about the two lives Charlemagne leads through Einhard's and Notker's point of view. They are two historians who are the primary sources of recording the events of Charlemagne's life.

Provides a summary of a selection from the "Makers of the Western Tradition" seventh edition, vol. one, by J.Kelley Sowards. Covers the life and reign of Charlemagne.

War and Conversion under Charlemagne