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   How did Charlemagne extend power?

   • Charlemagne extended Frankish power by conquest over virtually all of Gaul and into Germany and Italy, and he made tributaries of the Bohemians, Avars, Serbs, Croats, and other peoples of eastern Europe. He formed an alliance with the papacy and in 774 created a papal state in central Italy.

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   How did Charlemagne change the world?

   • As sole ruler afterwards, Charlemagne rapidly expanded his kingdom, styled himself the head of the Western Church – superseding the popes of the time in power – and personally led military campaigns to Christianize Europe and subdue unrest almost continuously for the 46 years of his reign.

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   Why was Charlemagne important?

   • More commonly known as Charlemagne, the heir to the Carolingian dynasty, he went on to become one of Europe’s greatest leaders, making strides toward establishing a more enlightened, higher civilization. In the time before Charlemagne, Muslim forces moved north into Europe.

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   How did Charlemagne influence the Carolingian Renaissance?

   • As Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne instituted cultural, economic, and religious reforms that ignited the Carolingian Renaissance. He valued scholarship, the arts, and literature, and improved the cultural literacy of his people, extending and promoting the learning that had for so long emanated from Rome.

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   Mar 25, 2019 · Early Life & Rise to Power Charlemagne was born, probably at Aachen (in modern-day Germany) during the final years of the Merovingian Dynasty , which had ruled the region since c. 450. The Merovingian king had been steadily losing power and influence for years while the supposedly subordinate royal position of Mayor of the Palace (equivalent to ...

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   Jun 27, 2023 · The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to make sweeping cultural, economic, and religious changes—at any cost.

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   Mar 22, 2024 · Charlemagne extended Frankish power by conquest over virtually all of Gaul and into Germany and Italy, and he made tributaries of the Bohemians, Avars, Serbs, Croats, and other peoples of eastern Europe. He formed an alliance with the papacy and in 774 created a papal state in central Italy.

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   Oct 13, 2022 · Charlemagne’s Rise to Power. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the king of the Franks from 768 and the king of Italy from 774, and from 800 was the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.

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   Nov 24, 2022 · The Carolingian Renaissance. Charlemagne's legacy. Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, ruled over the vast Carolingian empire that spanned Europe during the Dark Ages. He became king of the...

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   Mar 21, 2024 · On Christmas day 800 CE, Carolus knelt during mass in St. Peter’s in Rome and Pope Leo made his way towards him. As the King of the Franks arose, the Pope crowned him and the congregation acclaimed him Emperor of the Romans and wished him life and victory. Henceforth he would be Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great, or Charlemagne.

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   Becoming the king of Bavaria in 825, Louis the German gradually extended his power over all of Carolingian Germany. Louis the German’s rise to power, however, was not a smooth one, because internal turmoil plagued the Carolingian empire in the 830s and early 840s.