Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of the Franks (768–814) and founder of the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome. His court at Aix-la-Chapelle became the center of the Carolingian Renaissance.
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- proper noun One of the kings of the
Franks from 768 to 814, crownedHoly Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.
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- noun king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
Etymologies
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The sisters know something Malone doesnt: Inspired by strange clues discovered in Charlemagnes tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the Americans, as long ago as 1938.
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Born on the 30th of March in Charlemagne, a city in the province of Quebec, Canada, she started her career at a young age in her native French.
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Not a lot of concentration on individual letters, more on general style issues and how they tie in with politics - Charlemagne is of course a very big figure here, the only person whose name is commemorated in a style of writing.
December Books 11) Latin Palaeography cavalorn 2007
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To put it another way, the probability that any particular ancestor was not Charlemagne is 1 - 1/15,000,000, or approximately 0.999999933
Balkinization 2006
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Haroun al-Rashid's Baghdad back in Charlemagne's time?
Iraq unlikely to become democracy Steve Sailer 2002
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Haroun al-Rashid's Baghdad back in Charlemagne's time?
Archive 2002-04-21 Steve Sailer 2002
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The reliquary containing the right arm of Charlemagne is German work (of course later than the opening of the tomb), probably between 1155 and 1190.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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The zealous and splendid effort he made, the measure of success he attained, in battling against the darkness and ignorance of his time, entitle Charlemagne to a place among the truly great men of the world.
With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Frances Nimmo Greene 1885
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G. Charlemagne is said to have collected the national songs of the ancient Germans.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The appellation of great has been often bestowed, and sometimes deserved; but Charlemagne is the only prince in whose favor the title has been indissolubly blended with the name.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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