During Charlemagne’s reign education was promoted in various ways. For instance, Charlemagne attempted to revive learning mostly within the aristocracy and clergy by enacting a program of educational reform (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 314). For instance, Monks in various monastic schools were instructed to make both Roman and Christian texts such as the Bible and the Rule of St. Benedict (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 314). The arduous process of produced over 50,000 books over one century (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 314). After Charlemagne’s death, his empire was ravaged by internal wars and division (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 314). Charlemagne’s eldest son followed the Frankish tradition of dividing the empire among
