Who Is Charlemagne A Good Leader

Before the fall of the Roman Empire Constantine the Great faced many oppositions including gaining the support of the Roman people in his conversion to Christianity. Likewise, Clovis the “unifier of the Frankish Kingdom” faced the same oppositions with his conversion. Thus, accounts during the Early Middle Ages can be filled with biased and speculation. Despite, common bias during this time, the account of “The Conversion of Clovis: Two Accounts, 496,” is a genuine historical account of events. Specifically, the account is explanatory not observational, throughout the text it gives details which can be supported.

Charlemagne, King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, and Emperor of Rome, did not achieve these positions just with luck. He worked hard to dominate his kingdom and gain respect from the people. How did Charlemagne become such a powerful figure during the 7th and 8th century? Many contributing factors played a role to his success including the work that his father and grandfather did in order to unite the kingdom and pass it down to Charlemagne, working with the Catholic Church, and conquering land through quite a few wars and campaigns. There are also certain characteristics

With the fall of the Carolingian Empire, Europe was left in a frantic and militaristic state marked by violence amongst fluctuating kingdoms and territorial leaders. In the early 12th century, however, France was beginning to experience a positive change in the monarchy when Louis the VI became king in 1108. Also known as Louis the Fat (due to his massive weight towards the end of his life), Louis was able to assert his force as king by giving just, and often violent, punishments to criminals and enemies. Once a confidant to the king and eventually the abbot of St. Denis, Suger writes about Louis’ various acts in The Deeds of Louis the Fat. These deeds helped to shape France’s monarchy into a powerful, centralized unit that would continue for

Count Charles’ Persuasion to Religious Governance In almost every Count that has ever been reigned in the middle ages, there is no leader like Count Charles, who takes a risky approach to governing a land with the idea of religion as an important aspect of his position. Count Charles, aka “Blessed Charles the Good” is well known for feeding the poor, promoting peace and security, but religion is definitely a big influence to his reign as the Count of Flanders. At first, before doing any research on Count Charles’ religious ruling, I would already believe that Charles is a spiritual nobleman that everyone would admire because of how devastated Flanders felt when they heard about his death in 1127. Fortunately, my thoughts on Count Charles

King Offa is seen as one of the most influential leaders when it comes to the topic of Saxon Kings. The King of Mercia, King Offa’s title, has been recognized by many because of his ruthless and strong characteristics he gained during his rule. Focusing on many of Offa’s ideas, it is seen that the King of Mercia set extremely high standards for many of his successors. Unifying southern England and creating ties with continental European leaders helped prove that Offa is one of the greatest Saxon leaders.

Charlemagne wanted to defend the church due to the power that it provoked. He worked to strengthen the role of the church in order to improve the hierarchical structure and the power of the clergy. Along with the church were the oaths that Charlemagne believed in, to ensure loyalty to all of his subjects. Using these oaths, he believed that fidelity should be promised. “Each one according to his vow and occupation, should now promise to him as emperor the fidelity which he had previously promised to him as king.”

Since the fall of the western Roman empire, there has never been another emperor of the west until Charlemagne came along, in christmas day year 800 Pope Leo the third at rome’s st. peter’s basilica crowned karl as emperor of the holy roman empire, karl stated that he did not know why he was being summoned to rome, but it is unlikely that he wasn't aware of what was going on. His coronation was met with cheers and applause, with pomp and circumstance, as the people rejoiced their new god appointed emperor of the romans who was himself a german. The coronation itself was major turning point in history, many historian agree that that reason why charlemagne accepted his ascension into emperorship was so that he could justify his occupation of

The Comparison between Roland and Oliver’s first and second argument in the song of Roland The Song of Roland was written at the end of the eleventh century. It is a French epic, and it is considered the most ancient in the medieval times. However, its author is unknown. The poem is referring to the times of the King Charlemagne, or Grand Charles, who reigned in France during this time. He was considered an elderly Christian leader, who ruled with warmth and compassion.

Author of the book, Becoming Charlemagne, by Jeff Sypeck provides a clear glimpse into the life of one of the world’s greatest kings and ruler and later emperor Charlemagne, otherwise known as Karl or Charles the Great. Sypeck creates a vivid and strong look into the time of Charlemagne, early medieval Europe and some other important world leaders, including Pope Leo III, Irene the Byzantine emperor, Alcuin the scholar and Harun al-Rashid ruler of Baghdad. These figures are crucial to the story of Karl becoming Charlemagne, and their stories included in the book help form and symbolize Charlemagne the Ruler. Understanding Charlemagne and early medieval Europe is presented vibrantly throughout the book by in-depth stories, facts and a clear

Charlemagne was a christian emperor during the middle ages who ruled a large sum of western Europe from the late 700’s to the early 800’s. As a strong and energetic emperor, Charlemagne had many accomplishments during his reign which range from many of his political achievements to creating a school inside his palace where he heavily promoted and supported education. Charlemagne’s political background was extensive since he was the king of the Franks and spent a lot of his time in warfare. Charlemagne also converted many to Christianity. Some may claim that Charlemagne was the reason for the survival of Christianity in western Europe.

I am sure that the presence of everyone here today would have meant the world to Charlemagne, I know that Louis and I

FROISSART’S CHRONICLES This paper will discuss the view of Jean Froissart (c. 1337-1410), his place in history as well as his weaknesses and strengths. Froissart’s Chronicles is his best known work and looks at a period in European history during the first half of the Hundred Years War, which was a war between England and France that took place from 1337 to 1453. Froissart was a Frenchman, born in Valenciennes, which is now a part of Belgium, but he also spent some time serving in the English court among nobility.1 Froissart was neutral in his account of the events of the Hundred Years’ War.

Primary Source Paper 2 The Life of Charlemagne was written by Einhard a little after Charlemagne death in 814. Einhard wrote the biography to make sure that Charlemagne’s legacy would not be forgotten. He would list many points in this biography, but I’ve decided to only point out three of them. These three chapters are his deeds, his family life, and his life with the Christian religion.

Professor John France 's article, "Crusading Warfare and Its Adaptation to Eastern Conditions in the Twelfth Century" provides a detailed account of the alterations European and Muslim crusaders conducted to their styles of combat throughout the twelfth century to adapt to Eastern conditions. The article offers ___________________________. France primarily argues that the role of cavalry during the twelfth century has been amplified by previous historical accounts. ____(how author makes his point) ___________

The reign of Charlemagne was full of wars and invasions (Bauer). He was half king of the Frankish empire while his brother Carloman was in control of the other half. Charlemagne who was also known as, “Charles the Great”, king of the Franks reigned from approximately (742-814). He was a strong leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the church(Boussard). With his strong belief in the need for education among the Frankish people, his ambition was to bring about religious, political and educational reforms(Williams).