Charlemagne

for Islam helped them have a solid footing in northern India. In the excerpt “The ideal Muslin King”, the faith of Islam issued a guide for life that included the genuine behavior and treatment of the fellow Muslims. In the excerpt “the life of Charlemagne” gives a rendition of his character, appearance, studies, and his piety and his views on Christianity. In the postclassical ear, Christian and Muslim rulers have much similarity and difference in Political, social and religious duties. Such as…

foundational values of the Christian church and how its conversion of the European people allowed for a rise of religious influence in politics, the Germanic people’s invasion and gradual migration into the lands of the Roman Empire, and the coronation of Charlemagne because it symbolized the intertwining of cultures and start of the new civilization. In the Byzantine Empire, east of the disintegrated Western Roman Empire, Emperor Justinian came into power. In his rule, the most notable…

authentically German. Also, he embraced the Old Testament mode of marriage in his personal life. He wasn't a polygamist, but he married more than a time in his life. The elements of these cultures aided him since the three cultures were at warring ends; so Charlemagne became the point of resolution, showing that there is a way that the three cultures could live in harmony. The three cultures helped him because he was able to synchronize his history, reign, politics, military force and ideology,…

creating a new, more compact, and more easily written and legible version of Latin called Caroline minuscule (Gardner’s pg. 317). This was able to increase the production of manuscripts. Many of the classical text survived due to Charlemagne and his scribes. Charlemagne was able to revived the glory of the Early Christian art through artistic patronage, commissioning portrait statues fig 11-12 and large numbers of illustrated manuscripts fig. 11-12A (Gardner’s pg. 317). 4. Matthew of the…

this quote to be a foreshadowing of what is to happen to Roland in the future. Roland often is described as being cocky and stubborn by his friend, Oliver. Roland’s unattractive characteristics are seen several times when he refuses to call upon Charlemagne for help. “Franks are dead because of your recklessness; Charles will never again receive our service. If you had heeded me, my lord would now be here; We should have fought this battle and won it”(Song of Roland, trans. Burgess, I.…

important and powerful in the middle ages. The church was viewed as powerful when the pope crowned Charlemagne as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. This action symbolized the strong alliance between the government and church. Even though Charlemagne did not gain any power from this, the act was viewed as an approval of God (Biel, Timothy Levi 23). Another way the church was powerful was when Charlemagne made tithing a legal obligation.…

they were being established as the Holy Roman Empire. These empires were located in western Germany, France, and northern Italy. The Carolingian dynasty that was led by Charlemagne and his heirs used illustrated books to better develop Christianity’s exposure among their people which helped promote the church’s dogma. Charlemagne enlisted scribes to create the books. They performed other tasks such as translating the Latin Vulgate Bible, and developed a new more legible script Carolingian…

The decline of the great Roman Empire led to the occurrence of events that would alter the European world far more than any person could have possibly imagined. The most significant of these creations being the three heirs, Byzantium, the Islamic Empire, and Western Europe. All three have blaring similarities and differences that can be accounted for due to the decline of Rome. Byzantium found its stability from its previous life alongside the previous Great Empire of Rome, it took away Rome’s…

The Franks became the single most powerful entity after the fall of the Roman Empire.When Charlemagne took over the Franks in 768 CE the pressure increased tenfold. Charlemagne forced all his subjects to convert to Christianity, this put pressure upon the Vikings, at the time the majority of the Scandinavian population worshiped Pagan Gods. Charlemagne was determined to convert everybody under his rule to Christianity, in 772 CE, his forces crossed into Saxon territory…

French epics, known as “The Song of Roland” was written by an unknown author during the first crusades. In 778 A.D, during Charlemagne reign, the battle between the Franks and Basque evolved into “The song of Roland” that we know today. The main characters of the poem were Charlemagne, his nephew Roland, Ganelon —Roland’s step father— , and Oliver —Roland’s brother in law—. Charlemagne became known as a christian King who excelled when in power. Roland was a fearless knight who became a hero of…