Charlemagne: The Emergence Of Medieval Europe

Charlemagne was very significant for the emergence of medieval Europe. He was the one who claimed most of the land that is known as Europe today. His fought to keep the Christian faith the main religion of Europe, and Christianity is still practiced in most parts of Europe. In the end Charlemagne had created an empire that reached from the North Sea to the north, to Italy in the south, and from France all the way over to Vienna (Spielvogel 219).
Charlemagne came to power when his father died in the eighth century. He was recognized determined, decisive, and intelligent man. He was a very wise warrior and greatly expanded the territory of the Carolingian Empire during his rule (Spielvogel 215). In his work to expand the Carolingian Empire he was a determine warrior; he took on fifty-four military campaigns (Spielvogel 216). …show more content…
On the other hand, his eastern campaign was very successful especially against the Saxons. Charlemagne was very insistent for the Saxons to convert to Christianity, and this fueled their resistance. Eventually, Saxony was accepted in the Carolingian domain (Spielvogel 217).
The year following this event Charlemagne invaded the land of the Bavarians in southeast Germany. By the next year he had incorporated them into his empire as well. This expansion leads him to be in contact with the Southern Slavs and the Avars (Spielvogel 217).
Charlemagne continued the efforts of his father’s organization of the Carolingian kingdom. There was no system of taxation in the Carolingian Empire, so Charlemagne had to depend on the royal estates for the resources that were necessary to rule his empire (Spielvogel 217). Even the food and the goods used by the king were derived from the lands that supported him. To keep the good favor of his helpers Charlemagne granted royal lands as lifelong holding to the nobles (Spielvogel