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    Christianity‚ under some pressure from his wife‚ and from then‚ the Franks’ conquests were done in the name of Jesus. One of his descendants‚ Charlemagne‚ ruled a kingdom that spread across a huge part of Europe‚ including both modern day France and Germany. Charlemagne was able to rescue the Roman Pope from captivity‚ and the Pope returned the favor by crowning Charlemagne as the new "Holy Roman Emperor‚" uniting church and state. Still‚ the Pope was the one controlling the crown‚ and the ceremony took place

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    Empire down to his age‚ a time of darkness. an era that was ‘dark’ because it was worthless not because it was little known.” This statement is true in many ways‚ yet misleading and completely wrong in others. Two opposite ends of the spectrum are Charlemagne and the Barbarians‚ one created feudalism‚ art‚ weapons and battle tactics‚ creating a kingdom that was a beacon of hope‚ while the other was a wave of death and destruction‚ killing‚ ravaging and pillaging. Of course‚ the most important part of

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    The structure of the Western European kingdoms and their relationships with the papacy was that if Western European rulers wanted to maintain their position as rulers they would have to convert themselves to Christianity so that they were able to gain the allies that were heavily devoted to god. The papacy in relation to the European kingdom was that he took various roles such as ruler‚ head of the church‚ subordinate‚ and subject to the Byzantine Empire. In general‚ the papacy‚ who was named Pope

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    united most of the Frankish tribes that were part of Roman Province of Gaul. 570 - Muhammad‚ prophet of Islam is born. 732 - Battle of Tours. The Franks defeat the Muslims turning back Islam from Europe. 800 - Charlemagne‚ King of the Franks‚ is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne united much of Western Europe and is considered the father of both the French and the German Monarchies. 835 - Vikings from the Scandinavian lands (Denmark‚ Norway‚ and Sweden) begin to invade northern Europe. They

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    A knights Tale

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    ambush so that Charlemagne will not have to turn back and risk the lives of more troops. Throughout the fight‚ Roland and his band of knights continually avenge the loss of one of their own. They stay and fight trying to save one another. They show their faithfulness to one another‚ their loyalty‚ their sympathy‚ their nobility‚ and their selflessness. When Ganelon is on trial Thierry comes to the defense of justice and stands up for what is right and shows his own loyalty to Charlemagne‚ Roland and

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    helped to provide law. They helped to provide instruction. They ministered to the people. In 476 a major situation arose as Romulus Augustus‚ having only ruled for one year gave up his throne. There would not be another Western Emperor until Charlemagne. That would be three –hundred and twenty four years later. Thus the authority for this area was transferred to the

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    create a connection with the reader * *Inherit the Wind’s has various historical allusions such as the 3 Kings; Julius Caesar‚ Charlemagne and Richard I * We will discuss how the 3 Kings allow the reader to understand the character and context better within the play King Richard I Charlemagne Julius Caesar King Richard I *The historical allusion to King Richard I or better known as Lion-Hearted

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    How did the rulers of early medieval Europe like Charlemagne‚ Otto of Saxony‚ Alfred the Great‚ and William the Conqueror set certain precedents for their emerging nations? Well for starters‚ Charlemagne did bring a whole lot to the table. The only significant thing I got out of him was the fact that he split his empire into “countries”‚ with a total of 300 counts watching those territories. Otto brought his German self‚ and conquered all of the “Holy Roman Empire”. He starts the election

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    Italy‚ Sicily‚ northwestern Africa‚ and southern Spain were brought back under imperial control by the military victories of A. Theodora B. Belisarius C. Basil II D. Charlemagne Constantinople withstood sieges in 674-678 and 717-718 by A. The Sasanids B. The Gauls C. The Russians D. Arabic forces One of the causes of Byzantine resurgence was the political innovation wherein a general was given military and civil control over an imperial province or A

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    the order died with the original members. Regardless of this miniscule instance of female knights‚ this order was formed in the 1100s‚ while Bradamante would have been in the military sometime in between 768 and 814 AD‚ as this was the time of Charlemagnes rule over the Franks making her existence as a knight in real-world possibilities sketchy at

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