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May 5, 2024 · Charles the Bald did not miss a beat: he sent two Parisian monks to Spain to gather relics of these ‘fresh’ martyrs (they managed to get relics of three of them), in the process of which the ties with Spanish Christians were tightened and up-to-date information about the Church in Spain gathered.
May 19, 2024 · 840–877 Charles II (the Bald) 877–879 Louis II (the Stammerer) 879–882 Louis III (joint with Carloman below) 879–884 Carloman (joint with Louis III above, until 882) 884–888 Charles the Fat. 888–898 Eudes (also Odo) of Paris (non-Carolingian) 898–922 Charles III (the Simple) 922–923 Robert I (non-Carolingian)
May 25, 2024 · Charles II (born May 29, 1630, London—died February 6, 1685, London) was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1660–85), who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period.
May 7, 2024 · When things went wrong, Charles made scapegoats of his ministers. His mentor, the Earl of Clarendon, took the blame for the unpopular Dutch war; the King also deceived and used his five advisers known as the Cabal. It was Clarendon’s son, Laurence, First Lord of the Treasury, who nicknamed Charles the Merry Monarch.
May 24, 2024 · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold, [a] was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal.
1 day ago · Boethius' De arithmetica in a manuscript written for Charles the Bald. Boethius chose to pass on the great Greco-Roman culture to future generations by writing manuals on music, astronomy, geometry and arithmetic. Several of Boethius' writings, which were hugely influential during the Middle Ages, drew on the thinking of Porphyry and Iamblichus.
May 22, 2024 · Published / Created. [ca. 875] Publication Place. Northeastern France (Rheims?) Abstract. Manuscript on parchment of Capitularies of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious compiled by Ansegisus in 827. With Capitularies of Charles the Bald; and List of Frankish kings from Faramund to Philip II (1180). Description. In Latin.
