Charlemagne took a stand for learning by opening new schools‚ encouraging children to read and write‚ and attracting leading scholars to his court. Charlemagne‚ born in 742‚ ruled the Franks for forty six years‚ from 768 to 814. He was born around 742 and was emperor for 14 years‚ from 800-814‚ or until he died. His mother’s name was Bertrada and his father was King Pepin the third‚ King of the Franks from 751 to 768 AD. He had four wives in his entire life‚ the daughter of Desiderius‚ Hildegard
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guard of Charlemagne’s army was massacred at Roncesvals‚ in the mountains between France and Spain. Einhard‚ Charlemagne’s contemporary biographer‚ sets forth the incident as follows in his Life of Charlemagne: While the war with the Saxons was being fought incessantly and almost continuously‚ [Charlemagne] stationed garrisons at suitable places along the frontier and attacked Spain with the largest military force he could muster; he crossed the Pyrenees‚ accepted the surrender of all the towns and
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1.01 How Did the Roman Empire Expand? Have you ever played an app in which you have to build a zoo‚ city‚ or farm? If so‚ you know that your zoo does not become full of animals overnight. You must raise capital to add animals to your zoo. The more imaginary coins you have‚ the more land and animals you can purchase. Like these imaginary civilizations‚ the Roman Empire‚ too‚ took time to build. It did not just emerge overnight. The city of Rome was founded by a group of people called the Latins
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6/14/12 History: a study of the past Civilization: an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. Historian: Someone who studies the past Archaeologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at artifacts Fossil: Natural remains Artifact: Man-made remains Anthropologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at the culture of ancient civilizations Paleontologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at fossils
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HIST121 Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War Charlemagne: Roman Emperor‚ Father of Europe‚ or the Chief Bishop Larry Ray December 15‚ 2013 Charlemagne was one of the greatest European rulers of medieval times. He was both part warrior and part scholar. He was also know to many as Charles the Great or just Charles in his inner circle. He lived from 747 to 814. Charlemagne was a Frank. Franks’ were German tribes who controlled the area of northwestern
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CHARLEMAGNE IN THE SONG OF ROLAND The textbook displays Charlemagne as an astounding and great military leader but examines a few of his flaws as well. The Song of Roland creates the image of Charlemagne that is an extraordinary‚ legendary leader. They both tell about what great things he accomplished in his life‚ the many wars he won and how his bravery carried him through everything. The Song of Roland praised him in such a legendary way to create the impression of a heroic leader. By doing this
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faiths who sinned. As this history is learned there are five who could find their eternal fate within Dante’s Inferno. These include Peter Abelard‚ Justinian‚ Etienne Marcel‚ Marcus Porcius Cato‚ and Alcibiades. What these people did that can be
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When learning about Constantinople and it’s rise and fall‚ it is expected that you will learn about the leader Justinian. It is the leadership of great empires and movements that shape how everything will turn out. Different leaders can be described in a variety of ways: fair‚ strong‚ tyrannical‚ even godlike. The policies of the leader affects the social‚ economic‚ and political future of a civilization. The rise and fall of an empire is closely connected to the rise and fall of the leader. In
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the emperor the power to have the authority that is final. Justinian’s Code was a law system created by Justinian I that was based off of The Twelve Tables‚ if this Byzantine law system were to still be used today the consequences that society would be given would be more extreme. Justinian’s Code was based from the Twelve Tables‚ which was the law system that Roman’s followed. Justinian had laws added to the code‚ taken out‚ or slightly changed to fit his ideal needs‚ as was stated‚ “Although
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influenced the remainder of the Middle Ages. Although there were various Carolingian rulers who aided these advances‚ Carolingian developments reached their peak during the reign of Charlemagne‚ a leader and reformer of the church who appreciated the importance of learning and education. Throughout his reign‚ he established
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