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I INTRODUCTION
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.
II BACKGROUND AND EARLY LIFE
Charlemagne was born on about 742. He was the oldest son of the Frankish leader Pepin the Short. Pepin was the mayor of the palace under the Merovingian dynasty of Frankish kings. Since he was in a long line of weak Merovingian kings, Pepin left as Mayor and in 751 he became king of the Franks. Pepin got the support of the pope in order to strengthen his rule. Pope Stephen II officially crowned Pepin in 754 and he anointed both Charlemagne and his younger brother Carloman. During his father's reign, Charlemagne fought with the Frankish army on campaigns to defend the pope against the Lombards. Lombards were a Germanic people who controlled northern and central Italy. As a result, Charlemagne learned the importance of both strong leadership on the battlefield and of close links between worldly power and the Roman Catholic Church.
III THE RISE OF A NEW KING
On Pepin's death, his kingdom was divided between his two sons. For three years Charlemagne shared rule of the kingdom with his brother, Carloman. After Carloman died in 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, and went to Rome and strengthen
his support of the pope. Charlemagne then began military campaigns to expand the Frankish kingdom.
IV CHARLEMAGNE'S EMPIRE
A Administrative Reforms Charlemagne introduced new governmental reforms into his empire. He built on the existing system of seignorialism, whereby kings gave tracts of land to...
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