Charlemagne Part 4 - Rise of an Empire.

Today we're going to continue to cover the magnificent life and legend of Emperor Charlemagne, also known as Emperor Charles the Great. Being often referred to as the father of Europe Emperor Charlemagne the great was an excellent military commander, uniting the Frankish kingdom conquering Italy, Bavaria, Saxony, and northern Spain. Due to his conquests and help in spreading Christianity Charlemagne was in January 800 A.D crowned emperor of Rome by the Pope. Being both a man of the battlefield as well as of the mind Charlemagne also contributed to the cultural and intellectual development in Europe in what is today known as the Carolingian renaissance.

But how did he get there?

That’s the subject we will cover in this video where we will cover the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans at the turn of the ninth century and what Charlemagne and the Franks thought of it. We will also cover administration innovations and improvements to the Francian kingship so stay tuned!

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Sources.

Royal Frankish Annals.
Einhard and Notker, Two lives of Charlemagne.
Medieval Europe(Chris Wickham, 2016).

[MegaSnippezz]

Fantastic video. Charlemagne's coronation - one of the most significant events in early european history.

[plenilunes]

Your videos were very fascinating. But I'm going to have to find some books so I can learn more detailed information about the man, his personal life, the lives of his subjects, etc. Thank you!

[HistoryHouseProductions]

You’ve been doing this forever, but I don’t think I’ve ever pointed out how much I like the paint stroke animations you do for pictures.

[ThisisBarris]

As usual, great work Quill. You have beautiful animations and visuals - I especially love the map.

[reynaldoevidentejr]

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Byzantine Empire: Exist
Karl: I'm Emperor of the Romans as per the Pope
Irene of Athens: *Triggered*

[philRminiatures]

A fascinating subject! Great vid, lovely maps and illustrations!👍

[tudor]

Very interesting! Make more videos about the franks, anglo-saxons and vikings. And make videos about the wars of the roses

[AncientAccounts]

I only started watching when the medivial video came out, so I'm gonna have to watch all of them! How many parts do you think this is going to be?

[Hainero]

I don't think Kings claiming that their authority comes from the divine was anything new in Charlemagne's time. The Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon Pagan Kings alike all claimed to be descendants of Odin or Woden in order to legitimize their right to rule as an inheritance from the gods

[manickronic]

Painful to listen to your English. Can you find someone else to narrate please?