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23 hours ago · Charlemagne (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə m eɪ n, ˌ ʃ ɑːr l ə ˈ m eɪ n / 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.
- Bust of Charlemagne
Charity stamp of Deutsche Bundespost, 1988. The Bust of...
- Pepin The Short
Pepin the Short (Latin: Pipinus; French: Pépin le Bref; c....
- Charlemagne (Disambiguation)
People. Peter II, Count of Savoy (1203–1268), called "the...
- Desiderata
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About...
- Great Schism of 1054
The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the...
- Charles The Younger
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- Massacre of Verden
In the same year the annual celebration of Charlemagne in...
- Bertrada of Laon
Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783),...
- Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the...
- Battle of Tertry
Bibliography. Bachrach, Bernard (2013). Charlemagne's Early...
- Bust of Charlemagne
4 days ago · The following two chapters revert to Conrad and Louis and their journeys overland to Constantinople and into Asia Minor. The German army’s cataclysmic defeat at Dorylaeum (scene of a famous victory in the First Crusade) is followed by an attempt to calculate the percentage casualty rate.
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5 days ago · This is an important and timely book. Engaging intelligently with a range of sources and historiographical traditions, Simon MacLean tells the story of tenth-century queenship through the prism of the Ottonian royal family. The Ottonians ruled East Francia (roughly speaking, Germany) from 919 to 1024, and from 961 northern Italy too.
2 days ago · This is a list of the various different nobles and magnates including both lords spiritual and lords secular. It also includes nobles who were vassals of the king but were not based in England (Welsh, Irish, French). Additionally nobles of lesser rank who appear to have been prominent in England at the time.
1 day ago · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
- 23 April 871 – c. 886
- Osburh
4 days ago · Hugh O’Flaherty entered the seminary in Ireland in 1918 at the age of 20. He learned humility early when he was made to attend a Latin class of 14-year-olds. His family were Irish nationalists who wanted to rid their homeland of the British occupiers.
4 days ago · Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Throughout the last two millennia, the Catholic Church has only granted the title “doctor of the Church” to 37 saints, one of whom we celebrate today on Nov. 10: St. Leo the Great, the 45th bishop of Rome.
