Essays on Charlemagne

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Carolingian Renaissance: this refers to the period under which the ancient literature, education, art, and architecture from Italy was intensified across the entire Europe during the reign of Carolingians.

Counties: refers to the land ruled by count or countess in ancient Europe.

Marches: refers to the regions on Italy
Feudalism: is the complex network of relationships between landholding and the obligation to provide service to the lord.
Fief: refers to the estate that is held by a superior through military conquer.
Knight: this refers to the

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Charles the Great popularly known as Charlemagne, born in 1972, was the son of Bertrada Pepin the Short. Charlemagne was born out of the wedlock and many people though that he was illegitimate. He grew up to become the king of the Franks and between 800 and 814 he was the emperor of the West (Einhard & Notker, 42). His strong believe in religion accelerated him to form the Holy Roman Empire; an empire that grew to be quite different from other ancient empires in Europe and the world over. He additionally strengthened the status of political and European economic

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Charlemagne, born on the 2nd of April 742 was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the first emperor in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire three hundred years before his coronation. While his date of birth is relatively unknown, it can be calculated from numerous sources and with the help of the Lorsch Abbey calendar .
Charles the Great was also said to have been born in eastern Frankland, specifically in a district known as Moingewi (modern day Belguim). He was the oldest son of his father, Pepin the Short and his mother Bertrada of Laon.

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