On Dec. 25, 800, Frankish king Charlemagne is crowned as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In 799, Leo fled Rome after being assaulted and ...
On Dec. 25, 800, Frankish King Charlemagne is crowned as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 799, Leo fled Rome after being assaulted and ...
EUROPE CAME INTO the world as a political idea in the year 800, or so many historians have long argued. That was the moment when Charlemagne, the leader of the rising Carolingian dynasty, received the ...
Throughout humanity's history, there have been lasting empires that stood for millennia, ruling vast areas of land and people ...
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The shocking love life of Charlemagne

Charlemagne is a pivotal figure in European history, known for establishing a vast empire in the 700s and influencing the formation of the French monarchy and German dynasties. He famously compelled ...
A Medieval silk bag the size of a clenched fist is revealing previously little-known links between Westminster Abbey and Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor. The bag, which remains in the ...