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Charlemagne /

"Charlemagne - ruler of the vast Frankish kingdom from 768 to his death in 814 and emperor from the year 800 - is considered the father of Europe. He founded the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome, and his court at Aix-la-Chapelle was a center of classical learning and a focu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Becher, Matthias (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • I. The highpoint of his reign: the imperial coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day in the year 800
  • II. From the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to Charlemagne's accession to power in 768: a short history of the kingdom of the Franks
  • III. Charlemagne's youth and the first years of his reign: from son of the Mayor of the palace to Conqueror of Italy
  • IV. The expansion of the Frankish Kingdom in the East: Saxons, Bavarians, and Avars
  • V. Charlemagne, the papacy, and the Byzantine Emperor
  • VI. Ruling the empire
  • VII. Charlemagne's family and the arrangement of his succession
  • VIII. Hero and saint: the afterlife of Charlemagne.