Charlemagne

CHAPTER 5 1. Discuss the significant events that had a key role in strengthening the role of the papacy. When Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope on Dec. 25, 800，it was a key role in strengthening the role of the papacy. When Charlemagne was crowned people told to say “To Charles Augustus, crowned by God, great and peace-giving emperor of the Romans, life and victory” three times. It represented a strategic alliance between the papacy's gradually expanding influence and a political power that…

complete, Irene assumed the position of Emperor, which was not looked highly upon by Roman pontiff. Therefore, in 799-800 when Pope Leo III experienced issues with an unruly mob he reached out to Charlemagne, not Irene, for aid. In gratitude for Charlemagne saving the Church, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor, which signaled the joining of Germanic Power, the Church, and the heritage of the Roman Empire. This event was a crucial one in the Making of…

highly dramatized account of the Battle of Roncevaux in 778 during the reign of King Charlemagne of the Franks. Although Roland is mentioned once in a historical account of Charlemagne’s life by Einhard, the author elevates Roland to the status of Charlemagne’s nephew and leader of the Frankish army in a bloody battle against the Spanish Muslims. This poem, however, does not stress the heroism of Roland, Charlemagne, and the Frankish army based on their physical prowess in the heat of battle,…

1200 C.E. in Europe. Charlemagne was the King of the Franks, a Germanic tribe, ruling from 771 to 814 C.E. He effectively took over Western Europe, as he was an efficient military leader. Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, was a follower of Christianity, which played a key role in the spread of the religion during the time period. When conquering others, he forced his people to convert to Christianity and practice the faith, thus, further spreading the religion. Charlemagne was crowned a Roman…

THE MIDDLE AGES Mid term The anarchic time of the Roman Empire were forced to deal with tremendous challenges that caused the empire to spilt into three East, West and South. The biggest and most devastating challenge was the fall of Rome, which divides the empire in the first place. The east was mostly Germanic catholic tribes who banded together to control what was left of Rome and soon become the Carolingian empire, the South were control by the Muslims, while the East was the Greek orthodox…

Euroculture: Historical and Religious Perspectives Assingment I Henri Pirenne is a historian of Late Antiquity, and one of his most important works is, undoubtably, Mohammed and Charlemagne. Pirenne argues that the sea is an important factor in historical significance and development of cities and establishments, by pointing out that "Carthage, Alexandria, Naples, Antioch- were on or near the sea." but most importantly, the Roman civilization itself1. It is true that coasts…

Bouchard writes that "Pippin and especially Charlemagne ruthlessly pursued anyone who tried to contest their rule. It is surely significant that the territory they sought forcibly to conquer was identical with the old Merovingian regnum" (Bouchard 94). The Carolingians used force in order to rule their…

However, there are some biographers that will tell the truth regardless of how it makes them look. Einhard is an example of a biographer who put his biography above his reputation. who wrote it and when Once a scholar at the court of Charlemagne, Einhard wrote a biography entitled Vita Caroli Magni or Life of Charles The Great, in the…

Carolingia was a Frankish Empire that took over all of the Franks. When Charlemagne was ruling the Carolingia he conquered a lot of land for the Frankish Empire all over Western Europe. He achieved this by starting war campaigns against other empires. Two of these were empires were the Avars and the Saxons. The Saxons were taken…

between Christianity and Frankish rulership. A bible created in the image that Charlemagne wanted reflected in Imperial roman style. Symbolically it represents the major trend towards creating symbolic meaning to express authority within Carolingian rulership. The creation of the Coronation Gospels also reflect the social, and economic changes that were happening within the Carolingian Renaissance On the top, Charlemagne…