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Sabrina Fearon History 8G 4/14/16 “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare Do you agree/disagree/partially agree that Charlemagne was an example of all three? Clovis, king of the Franks, established the Merovingian Empire in 481. Then, in 511, he split his empire between his four sons. The kings in the Merovingian line continued to hand down their thrones to their later generations, which slowly started to make them weak. This was

There’s No Point in Whimpering Frank Underwood opens up the television series, “House of Cards”, by saying, “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things”. To get a feel of Frank’s character, the writers of the show immediately sets the tone with an unexpected scene of Frank killing a dog, who had been previously hit by a car, to put it out of its misery. The creator of “House of

Out of all German tribes Saxons stood out not only as highly aggressive and warlike, but very also as much committed to pagan cults. The borderline between Saxons and Franks was very vague, “except in a few places, where large forests or mountain ridges intervened and made the bounds certain, the line between ourselves and the Saxons passed almost in its whole extent through an open country” (Einhard, 2013); murders, robbery and arson were a daily routine. In order to stop that Charlemagne waged

Charlemagne King of the Franks Born in about 742, Charlemagne was the son of King Pepin III (known as Pepin the Short). Pepin and his brother together ruled the Franks, whose kingdom included parts of present-day France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Upon Pepin 's death in 768, Charlemagne and his brother Carloman inherited the kingdom. When Carloman died three years later, Charlemagne became the sole ruler. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the great was a ruler in times of turmoil

Do you know what the Franks went through to keep themselves alive so they would not have to be seperated and killed? You will be learning them and about the schedule they had for when the could be loud or not. But, most of all you will learn about Anne Frank and her book too. First you will be learning about the schedule. The morning “ritual” is started by Mr.Hermann Van Pels getting up around 6:45 in the morning, then the others get up shortly after. From 8:30-9:00 no one must make a sound because

The coming of Christianity to the kingdom of the Franks was likely the greatest shift of Frankish ideology, going from the traditional pagan culture to the most powerful political and military system in Western Europe famously rooted in biblical truths during the medieval period. With Christianity being the foundation of the kingdom, both royals or peasants, clergy or laymen, and Christians and pagans were to become subject the teachings of the Holy Scriptures and the establishment of the Church

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was born around the 2nd of April 747 and died on the 28th of January 814. He was noted down in history as King of the Franks, a Germanic-speaking people who invaded western Rome residing in current day Germany, the King of the Lombards, Germanic people who resided in parts of the Italian peninsula, and finally was the first Holy Roman Emperor. Another name that has been bestowed upon Charlemagne was the title “Father of Europe”. Due to the Carolingian

either find a place to stay or they would get sent off to concentration camp, which was leading to their last breath. Anne Frank and her family, had to stay in an annex to try to stay away from the Nazi’s because they were Jewish. They had to be really quiet during the day or they would be heard from down below. However, there is one special girl that handled it very well. Anne Frank once said, “ In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Throughout all the obstacles that

Character Summary: Frank TJ Mackey is a misogynistic motivational speaker for men who are having trouble picking up women. In the beginning of the movie, he is hosting a seminar at a hotel. During the seminar’s lunch break, Frank is interviewed by a female reporter. While with the interviewer, Frank behaves bizarrely; he changes in front of the reporter and barks like a dog. During the interview, Frank makes up multiple lies about his personal life, but the reporter does not believe any of it. She

The diary of Anne frank is an Autobiography, written by a young girl's experience through the Holocaust in her diary that she received for her thirteenth birthday, Anne told the remarkable tell of her life during the time of Hitler dictation that left a mark on the world. Anne Frank was a Jewish born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929, where she lived until 1933 when her family moved to Holland. In the beginning Anne was a very out spoken, intelligent, and very imaginative who dreamed of becoming a writer