History Today, February 1st, 1996
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 have established a unified Italy.
Charlemagne's conduct towards the vanquished Lombards was, on the whole, generous and statesmanlike. By assuming the title of king of the Lombards he showed that it was not his object to destroy the nationality of the countrymen of Alboin, nor to force them into one people with the Franks, Had his own s...
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