charlemagne. rise of charlemagne also known as charles the great lived to be 72, twice the average...
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Charlemagne
Rise of Charlemagne
• Also known as Charles the Great• Lived to be 72, twice the average
life span at the time• King of the Franks from 768-814• Covered modern day France,
Germany and parts of Spain and Italy
A Christian King
• Conquered land, tried to convert people to Christianity
• Formed an alliance with Pope Leo III
• Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor
Why Was the Crowning of Charlemagne Important?
• Gave the Romans their first emperor since 476
• Gave Charlemagne the blessing of the Pope
• Established the principle that the Pope had the power to crown an emperor
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Schools and Learning
• Charlemagne brought in Alcuin in 782 to set-up a school
• Created “Charter of Modern Thought”• This was given to church officials and
demanded better grammar in documents
• Priests were told to set-up free schools
• Books were produced by Monks and they would handwrite copies of the Bible
• Charlemagne led a revival in Greek and Roman texts
• All this despite the fact that Charlemagne could not write
Decline of Charlemagne’s Empire
• Charlemagne passed away in 814• In 843, his 3 grandsons signed the
Treaty of Verdun• This made the empire weak and
vulnerable to attack
• Muslims attack in late 800’s and occupy northern Italy
• Magyars invade in 896 and take parts of France
• Vikings attacked northern Europe in the 900’s