The Anglo-Saxon period is known as a time span of about 600 years from 400 – 1066 AD. Many refer to it as the Dark Ages because very little written sources of the period are available. The Anglo-Saxon period is a time of many wars. Invaders came to settle and take over the land causing war between kingdoms. Also it’s a time that religion was forced upon. Meaning to convert whether you wanted to or not. A lot of separation of kingdoms occurred during these times creating more rulers of these new kingdoms. For example, Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, became King of Franks in 768. Charlemagne ruled for forty-six years from 768-814 AD when he died. Many consider him as the single most reason for why Europe’s economic life …show more content…
Before he was King of the Franks, the regions religion was pagan. Once Charlemagne become well known and powerful, it was not hard for him to persuade the people to convert to Christianity. People became well aware of what he was capable of if they did not do as he wanted. He had waged war against the Saxons and he had defeated them numerous times but more and more Saxons kept coming. Finally the Saxons realized that Charlemagne and his Empire was to strong and could not be defeated. So instead of dying many of the Saxons promised Charlemagne that they would convert to his religion of Christianity in return to not be …show more content…
He once built a bridge somewhere in his region of reign and had the idea to charge a fee, today known as a toll, to cross the bridge. This created the opportunity for someone to work the bridge and collect the tolls and in return receive payment for their work. He was all about providing for others wherever he could to create opportunities for his people and empire to not only succeed but to flourish and grow more rapidly and bigger than any other empire. According to UMass Boston Blogs (2014) “Charlemagne did not restrict his sphere of influence to Europe via conquest but also engaged in diplomacy. He had created relationships with other empires and kings which may have opened channels of communication that remain important today” (para.
Charlemagne in the historical context made many contributions to the modern world as well as the Carolingian dynasty during his reign. After his father passed away, he united the Franks and went to several conquest to expand his kingdom in 768 (Coffin, 176). Charlemagne was believed to be a very serious Christian king. In one of the longest conquest in Saxon, which lasted about 20 years, he had forced conversion to all the people who
History, through the ages, has listed many kings, rulers, and military generals, all of whom together, fill volumes about the individual traits and strengths that made them, either individually or as a whole, noteworthy. One of the most notable of the early Middle Ages was Emperor Charlemagne, ruler of the Franks for forty-seven years, from 768 A.D. until his death in January 28, 814, according to Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne. The man was described as the epitome of a ruler's strengths - though he did include enough faults to give the man a few human weaknesses - who controlled his vast empire through military force, intelligence, a caring concern for others, and good Christian ethics.
Charlemagne ruled as king but relied on an inner circle of trusted advisors. He also relied on counts to govern the various territories,
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, was a powerful king who reunited most of Western Europe through his conquests. He was an able administrator and brought about economic reforms to bring prosperity in his kingdom. Charlemagne is famous for his work towards the development of education like building of schools and standardization of curriculum. He ended the Dark Age in Western Europe by initiating the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of cultural enhancement. Charlemagne also took several steps to spread Christianity in his vast empire, paving the way for making it the dominant religion in Europe. Here are the 10 major accomplishments and achievements of Charlemagne, who is called the Father of Europe due to his immense contribution in the development of the continent.
Charlemagne, the greatest king of the dark ages, shaped the standards of Europe and influenced the people for thousands of years, solidifying the idea that the dark ages weren’t so dark. After the death of his father, Frankish king Pippin III, in 768, the realm was divided into two sections. Charlemagne and his brother, Carloman, both received the sections, and a feud started almost immediately. When Carloman died in 771, Charlemagne took control of both sections in hopes of reuniting the Frankish realm. He was king of the Franks from 768-814, and he was also the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 800-814 (Frassetto). Because of his generosity, attractive personality, and need for knowledge, Charlemagne was a very respected leader. During his reign, he was able to conquer and gain control over almost all of the mainland of Europe. Though it took over 50 battles to do so, he was able to unite a large portion of
On Christmas day, December 25th, 800, Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans after the mysterious death of his brother. It is believed that Charlemagne was involved with the death of his brother to get control of the empire. He would become one of the most illuminating figures of the Dark Ages. His reign lasted for 46 years, during that he would accomplish things thought impossible during the Dark Ages. During that 46 year reign, he launched 15 military campaigns to expand his empire. His campaigns were very successful leading to the Holy Roman Empire to be largest empire since the Roman age. Charlemagne was the only king of his empire, and he made his grip firm on the empire by dividing it into 350 counties. He established many schools
Charlemagne was the king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans from 800-814. During his reign Charlemagne built a kingdom that included almost all of western and central Europe and he started Carolingian Renaissance. His empire had two main territories, East and west Francia that is now the major parts of two important European entities. West Francia is modern-day France, and East Francia became first the Holy Roman Empire and then the modern state of Germany.
Charlemagne was born around 742-748. Charlemagne's youth suggests that he received practically training for leadership by participating in the political, social, and military activities associated with his father' court. After his father's death he became emperor and known as "Charles the Great." Also he expanded his kingdom. After his expansion of the kingdom he, died and died of with succession.
During the years of St. Augustine, the Roman Empire fell in the west. It was being replaced by regional barbarian kingdoms, and was entering what some historians call the dark ages. It was a traditional, authoritative empire, with vast free-trade and a centralized government. It transformed into a Europe of economic localism, and filled with a minority of educated people. It was now a Christian Europe. A very important person during this new Europe was the Frankish king Charlemagne. His rule was known throughout the world, and Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the "Emperor of the Romans." On top of this title, he still held all of his other titles. Charlemagne made tons of contributions during this time in Europe. He had
Charlemagne was a devoted Christian who looked to better the religion in any way possible such as forging strong relationships with foreign leaders that could aid the religion. Charlemain “cherished the church of St Peter”(37) and often “gave its treasury a vast wealth of gold, silver and precious stones. ”(37) This shows how he gave back to the church and help treasure the church and what it has done for him. Einhard also describes how Charlemagne traveled to Rome to help Pope Leo after he became blind and mute.
Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great and Charles I, was not only a king of France, but a commanding historical figure. Charlemagne is believed to have been born sometime around the year 742. He became King of the Franks in 768 and went on to become the Emperor of the Carolingian Empire in 800, before his death in 814.
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, reigned during a time of much turmoil and upheaval in Europe during middle ages. Charlemagne’s background and family history contributed much to his rise to power. The triumphs of his past lineage prepared him to take on the task of governing the Frankish Empire, and defending it from invaders. Charlemagne accomplished much during his supremacy. He not only brought education back into medieval Europe, but also invented an efficient way to govern his people. His conquests against the many adversaries of the Holy Roman Empire expanded his empire across the majority of Europe. His conquests also formed strong ties between the Catholic Church and the State. Charlemagne’s drive to convert Europe’s primitive
Bishop Germanus used a technique of preaching and spreading the word of god thru the churches and in the streets and fields. There idea was they were going to try to spread the religion as fast as they could by word. The people learned of this religion and learned they would acquire authority and honor, thus making them immediately open to there way of thinking. Bede may consider the Anglo Saxons as not fully converted because they still had there ways of being brutal and having the urge to always fight, they were basically still barbarians and they way of converting them was to try to get them to relate some of the ways of there life to the Christian religion. The Anglo Saxons that were converted by the Irish form of Christianity was different
By the Cross and the Sword : Charlemagne’s Impact on the West. “He who ordains the fate of kingdoms in the march of the centuries, the all-powerful Disposer of events, having destroyed one extraordinary image, that of the Romans, which had, it was true, feet of iron, or even feet of clay, then raised up, among the Franks, the golden head of a second image, equally remarkable, in the person of the illustrious Charlemagne. Notker the Stammerer, the monk of St. Gall, wrote these words in AD 844 to describe the reign of the most influential Frankish king Charlemagne ( Lectures 1). Charlemagne, son of Pepin the Short, ruled the Franks for 47 years (Koeller 1). The Carolingian Dynasty, of which Charlemagne was a member, was
So there was a big group of people who settled in Great Britain in the 5th century and that group was called the Anglo-Saxons . The Anglo-Saxons negotiated with people that were from the Germanic tribes. These people also made a trip to the island from continental Europe. They had descendants, and homegrown British groups who accepted some aspects of the Anglo-Saxon way and also the language that they had (Anglo-Saxon 1). In my opinion the Anglo's were kind of vulgar and uncivil towards the Britain's because they did invade them and even went as far as taking over what was theirs like their land. Anglo-Saxons as you can see had some conflict with Great Britain. I’m also sure that Great Britain wasn't too big of fans of the Anglo-Saxon culture either.