Charlemagne The Undisputed Ruler of Western Europe

Charlemagne, too known as Charles the Great, became the undisputed ruler of Western Europe. As Western Europe was deteriorating Charlemagne was crowned the privilege of being joint fag of the Franks in 768 A.D. People of Western Europe, excluding the church followers, had all but forgotten the great gifts of cultivation and liberal frauds that they had possessed at one cadence. Charlemagne solidly defeated barbarians and kings in identical fashion during his reign. Using the re-establishment of education and order, Charlemagne was suitable to save m any political rights and restore culture in Western Europe.Charlemagne was born in 742 A.D., to a real famous and headspring-known family. Charlemagnes grandfather was Charles M machinationel, the man who was amenable for the defeat of the Saracens. Charlemagne was likewise the eldest son of Bertrade (also known as Bertha Greatfoot) and Pepin the Short, the first to become king of the Franks. With the almost full experimental e xtinction of schools in the 8th century, legion(predicate) historians say that Charlemagne received very little education, but did learn the art of reading from Bertrade.The one thing that kept Charlemagne motivated throughout his entire life was his deep faithfulness to the church. Charlemagne was a tall young man with light blond hair, and was described by his secretary as stately and dignified. Charlemagne had great wit, but was stern at times. He had simple and moderate tastes he enjoyed hunting, go and swimming. Charlemagne had a large wardrobe with some(prenominal) Frankish dresses, linen shirts and breeches, silk-fringed tunics, hoses wrapped with bands, and for the winter he had coats make of otter or marten skins. Charlemagne asked his people to improve their lifestyles, but he divorced two of his four fives without any given cause.In 768 A.D., Charlemagne at the age of 26, along with his brother Carloman inherited the nation of Franks. However, in 771 A.D. Carloman d ied, make Charlemagne the sole ruler of the kingdom. At this time the northern part of Europe was out of order and unruly. In the south, the Roman Catholic Church was asserting itself alongside the Lombard kingdom in Italy. While in Charlemagnes own kingdom, the people were becoming and acting as barbarians and neglecting education and faith.But Charlemagne was determined to make his kingdom as strong as possible. In 772 A.D., Charlemagne put forth a 30-year campaign to conquer and adapt the extremely mighty Saxons in the north. He charged over the Avars, a large tribe on the Danube. He forced the Bavarians to surrender to him. When possible Charlemagne attempted to settle his conflicts peacefully. However, he was forced to use living creature in some situations. For instance, Charlemagne offered to pay Desiderius for the return of lands to the pope, but after Desiderius refused, Charlemagne seized the kingdom of Desiderius and restored the Papal States.The most authoritative asp ect of Charlemagnes conquests was his uncanny ability to organize. Charlemagne sent out more than 50 military missions during his time in power and he led the missions as commander more than half of the time. He was able to lead his troops through vast lands in unprecedented times, but his every move was plan ahead of time. Before every crusade, he informed all those involved the number of men needed, the weapons required, and he even went as far as to tell what should be in the supply wagons. These tactics were after studied and used by another great man, Napoleon.One of the smallest campaigns undertaken by Charlemagne became on of the most well known. In 778 A.D., Charlemagne led his troops into Spain and laid an attack on Saragossa. The movement failed and upon their recoil they were attacked from the rear and amount Roland one of the leaders of the group was killed in that battle. Roland went on to become a hero in gothic songs. By 800 A.D. Charlemagne was the sole ruler of W estern Europe. His immense kingdom included what are now France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. It also covered half of present-day Italy and Germany, part of Austria, and the Spanish March. This Spanish March stretched to the Ebro River. Through his establishment of a single government over the entire Western Europe, Charlemagne re-established much of the old Roman Empire, which paved the focusing for the progress of present-day Europe.It was on Christmas Day in 800 A.D. that while praying in St. Peters in Rome, Pope Leo III approached Charlemagne with a golden crown and placed it on the head of the king. Charlemagne was a very noble man and he had great compassion for the peasant people and had a legal opinion that that government was in place to benefit those that it governed. When Charlemagne came into power many of the people working under him were very careless and sometimes unfair. To change the ways of these people Charlemagne expanded their work, wrote down ev erything they did and forced them to work in groups of people.This helped those lacking in their work effort to restore some law and order. Two times a year Charlemagne would summon the leading man in the kingdom to talk about the happenings going around. Charlemagne incessantly had the final word in everything including church matters. Charlemagne was determined in establishing improvement in lives of his people. By scene up money values he encouraged trade, he attempted to build a Rhine-Danube canal, and gave advice on different farming techniques. Charlemagne preached the most on education and Christianity to his people. He was responsible for the restoration of Palace schooldays at Aachen, his capital. He also set up other schools for noble boys as well as peasants.Charlemagne was very devoted to education and he never stopped studying himself. He brought in scholars of many languages to his courts. He learned to read in Latin, some Greek, however, he was not too keen of get the hang writing. During his dinners, he preferred to have men reading books to him rather than having jesters performing. For his churches, Charlemagne sent his monks to Rome to learn to sing. For his art collections, Charlemagne brought some valuable pieces from Italy. In the cathedral at Aachen there is a large monument, which stands in loyalty to Charlemagne for his religious devotion. Charlemagne built and was buried in the cathedral in Aachen.At the time of Charlemagnes remainder in 814 A.D. only one of his three sons, Louis, was alive. Louis had a weak ruling after his father, which brought on many civil wars and rebellions. Charlemagne brought back order to Western Europe he led his people to many victories and was responsible for the rise of Western Europe