Charles magno
Charles was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empirethat incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800. This temporarily made him a rival ofthe Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through hisforeign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages. He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, and France.His military victories led him to achieve greatness and power necessary to become known throughout Europe and the known world until the ninth century. His battles were the subject of many heroicstories describing the events in his war exploits. Of these stories must include "The Song of Roland “and "Life of Charlemagne, “
Although Charlemagne was not an extremely religious man, havingspent most of his childhood and youth between battles, we can say is the driver of a large period of the arts in general and literature in particular: the Carolingian Renaissance. That, since at the time ofCharlemagne begins a regression into the literature of the classics. The life of books at this time was made in monasteries and churches. Evidence of this trend in the empire of Charlemagne is theconstruction of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen Cathedral, where meetings were held prestigious literary men of all races and countries.
In 800, Charlemagne was proclaimed Emperor of the Romans. Will...
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