Charlemagne: King Of The Franks

Charlemagne was the king of the Franks from 768 AD to 814 AD and the emperor of the West between 800 AD and 814 AD. He was a key in the foundation of the Holy Roman empire and strengthened the western European economy. He spent most of his early years of his reign at war, and expanded his territory vastly across Europe. Charlemagne ruled over a large territory and was the main political figure for all of Western Europe. “This King, who showed himself so great in extending his empire and subduing foreign nations, and was constantly occupied with plans to that end, undertook also very many works calculated to adorn and benefit his kingdom, and brought several of them to completion.” (8) When Charlemagne was emperor, he appointed regional government officials that would meet yearly to discuss policy and laws. He was also very active in reforming the law code and making sure that a lot of history was written down or recorded so that the future generations could read it.

He encouraged a cultural resurgence and made sure that art, literature, and history were all a large part of the culture. He attempted to make a new alphabet and even unify the language across the regions. “He also had the old rude songs that celeate the deeds and wars of the ancient kings written out for transmission to posterity. He began a grammar of his native language. He gave the months names in his own tongue, in place of the Latin and barbarous names by which they were formerly known among the Franks.” Charlemagne’s World View is widely known in that he founded the Holy Roman empire and made it his mission to strengthen the church in the Roman Empire. He is most famous for the Carolingian Renaissance and defending