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Charlemagne
A bronze, small statuette that may or may not be Charlemagne |
A gold coin issued by Charlemagne recently found in Ingelheim, Germany; it is the only Gold Solidus Charlemagne issued (as far as we know). |
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Charlemagne
A bronze, small statuette that may or may not be Charlemagne |
A gold coin issued by Charlemagne recently found in Ingelheim, Germany; it is the only Gold Solidus Charlemagne issued (as far as we know). |
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Charles the Great: The Establishment of a New Latin Empire and the Spread of Christianity in Northern Europe |
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The Five Most Significant Reasons Why Charlemagne Is Important Charlemagne and his Conquests: Conversion by the Sword Charlemagne and the Church: Legislation Charlemagne and the Papacy: Pope Leo III crowns him Roman Emperor |
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Charlemagne's Chapel at Aachen |
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Charlemagne's Dream |
More detailed Map of Political Power ca. 800 Another Map of Charlemagne's Empire |
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Charlemagne's Residence Aachen |
Carolingian Coinage |
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Carolingian Culture (Renaissance?) |
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During the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century, scholars thought that Carolingian manuscripts were so beautiful that they must have been examples of ancient Roman writing. These scholars imitated the Carolingian letter forms.
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Palace
School Aachen Charlemagne built a chapel for his palace at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle); it was designed to resemble a Byzantine church in Ravenna, San Vitale (that was supposed to copy the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem) |
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