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- Title
Charles the Great, or Just Plain Charles: Was Charlemagne a Great Medieval Leader?
- Authors
Freeman, Elizabeth
- Abstract
The article focuses on the context of greatness of Charlemagne or Charles the Great in the medieval European era. Topics discussed include brief history of his life and childhood with his father Pepin, a chief bureaucrat for the Frankish kings, rulership of Charles after the death of King Pepin in early Middle Ages, Charles's success story in war, and power of visual imagery used by Charles to convey the glory and prestige of ancient Rome centuries.
- Subjects
CHARLEMAGNE, Emperor, 742-814; EUROPEAN civilization; PEPIN, King of the Franks, d. 768; MEDIEVAL civilization; BUREAUCRACY
- Publication
Agora, 2017, Vol 52, Issue 1, p10
- ISSN
0044-6726
- Publication type
Article