Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: A, Saint Mary's University, course: Medieval Europe, language:

Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual c

Charlemagne was the first emperor of medieval Europe and almost immediately after his death in 814 legends spread about his military and political prowess and t