Frank Rizzo

The Song of Roland, an epic poem which tells of Charlemagne's excursions into Spain where he was fighting the Saracens or Muslims, is a good example of militant Christianity. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, is a militant committed militant Christian, and it is necessary to understand this to make sense of his fighting the Saracens. As a militant Christian, one of his main goals was to convert others to Christianity. This opportunity presented itself when Marsilla, leader of the Muslims, offered

This historical study will examine the problems of monastic issues in preservation of roman civilization and the problem of Christian conversions for pagan societies in Europe during the early Medieval period of Europe. The purpose of European monasteries was to act in accordance with the Church of Rome’s policy to preserve Roman traditions in government and Christian practices in primarily pagan tribal communities. During this time, the primary writings of St. Benedict define the purpose of the

During the late 18th century, France was divided into two different social classes of people.  One, were the first and second estate who were very wealthy and yielded political power.  They consisted of the clergy, nobles, and royalty.  The rest of the population of France, the 97%, were poor common people that had poverty and high tax imposed on them, and they were known as the third estate.  The third estate wanted democracy, and the first and second estate wanted a monarchy, which caused the French

Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Franks by Pope Leo III. “To Charles Augustuts, crowned by God, great and pacific emperor of the Romans, Life and Victory!” Pope Leo III was the representative of God, which means the God had trust in him, and so if the Pope trusted Charlemagne it would mean that God trusted Charlemagne. Charlemagne was already powerful before he became emperor because he was already King of the Franks but becoming Emperor of the Franks made him the authorities person in charge

Another aspect of Einhard’s writing that must be questioned is his mention of friendships with other kings as this is another area which seems to have a strong subtext. Einhard mentions that Charlemagne made some alliances through friendship however these friendships often have a deeper reason for their existence than purely his friendly nature: fear. When “Alfonso [II], the king of Galicia and Asturias… ordered that in Charle’s presence he was only to be referred to as his subject” he may have been

force, that is Roman Church at this time, to approve his powerful position, since there was no more effective way than religion to control the beliefs of people. With the help of Pope Stephen, Pepin was the “selected king according to the custom of franks”(39). He was “holy anointed” and “confirmed as king” by Pope Stephen in 754, and thus inheriting from God

Charlemagne played a pivotal rule in western Europe after the collapse of the Roman empire. Europe was going through a period of time known as the dark ages. This period is from the fall of Roman to the beginning of the Middle ages (“the dark age”). Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great provided a turning point to this era and was able to slow down the cultural and political crumbling of the Middle ages. In order to secure these two important aspects of the new empire he relied on numerous

with her. Their daughter was born on April 30, 783. Charlemagne inherited a few things from his brother and father. They included a military organization, wealth, and power. (Charlemagne.org) Charlemagne was known as a strong king, and led the Franks to creating an empire of greatness. He went into battle, conquering many neighboring kingdoms. The kingdoms included were France, Northern Spain, Austria, and Italy. It is also said he was a great warrior, most of his time was spent at war. He was

Charlemagne was well respected, or so it seemed. Along with all that power came a heavy dosage of megalomania after he was consumed with his own lust to have complete power over the Holy Roman Empire. And with his father being the previous King of the Franks, he grew up learning how to rule and probably had his plans from a young age to seize the throne. One would think with how popular he was that Charlemagne would gain the support from his people. In some cases yes, and others no. He had a very strong

Education was crucial to the great leader Charlemagne, and he wanted his people to feel the same way too. According to Lynn Harry Nelson in “The Rise of Universities”, “...he turned to the Church as the only source of such education” (Nelson). Charlemagne ordered most cathedrals and monasteries to make a free school for every boy who showed signs of intelligence and perseverance. “...The secular clergy, moreover, ought to lead a completely canonical life, and be educated in the episcopal palace,