Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, ruled over the vast Carolingian empire that spanned Europe during the Dark Ages. He became king of the Franks in A.D. 768 and conquered much of Europe during his ...

The Carolingian Renaissance (a revival named for the dynasty founded by Charlemagne’s grandfather) rose out of the bloodshed, with an accelerated artistic and literary output that both ...

More commonly known as Charlemagne, the heir to the Carolingian dynasty, he went on to become one of Europe’s greatest leaders, making strides toward establishing a more enlightened, higher ...

Charlemagne, the legendary ruler of the Carolingian Empire, achieved just that during his reign. How was Charlemagne able to increase productivity and trade, setting the stage for a flourishing empire ...

That was the moment when Charlemagne, the leader of the rising Carolingian dynasty, received the blessing of Pope Leo III for bringing together the whole of the continent, from the Atlantic to the ...

and wrote histories of the Carolingian empire under the rule of his cousins, Louis the Pious’s sons. She was the ninth and last child Charlemagne had with Hildegard but died in infancy.

during the Carolingian Renaissance and even at the beginning of the medieval period, one of the prototypes of religious architecture which inspired copies or imitations. Criterion (iv): The Palatine ...