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Nov 14, 2019 · Between 768 and 814, he ruled as king of the Franks, king of the Lombards and, most impressively, Holy Roman emperor. An enlightened reformer with a warrior-like ferocity, he united most of ...
May 28, 2024 · This is the story of the dramatic and violent life of the Middle Ages' most important emperor: Charlemagne. His life as a political strategist, a passionate ...
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Ecgberht, King of Wessex. Ecgberht (770/775 – 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne 's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of ...
Oct 11, 2020 · Widely known as the “Father of Europe”, Charlemagne was the famous king of the Franks who ruled from 768 until his death in 814. This eight-century monarch’s fame remains very much unrivaled even to this day because he was the first person to rule Western and Central Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476.
The Myth of Charlemagne From the Early Middle Ages to the Late Sixteenth Century. Albrecht Classen (University of Arizona) aclassen@email.arizona.edu. This study focuses on the myth of the Emperor Charlemagne (d. 814) and its profound impact on medieval and early modern literature. Such a cultural-historical investigation is justified by a host ...
Dec 31, 2021 · Originally published in 1993, The Medieval Charlemagne Legend is a selective bibliography for the literary scholar, of historical and literary material relating to Charlemagne. The book provides a chronological listing of sources on the legend and man is split into three distinct sections, covering the history of Charlemagne, the literature of ...
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Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding all these titles until his death in 814. Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the majority of Western and Central Europe, and was the ...
