How Did Charlemagne Spread Christianity

alt Charlemagne © Charlemagne (Charles the Great) was rex of the Franks and Christian emperor of the West. He did much to define the shape and character of medieval Europe and presided over the Carolingian Renaissance.

Charlemagne was built-in in the late 740s virtually Liège in mod day Belgium, the son of the Frankish male monarch Pepin the Brusk. When Pepin died in 768, his kingdom was divided betwixt his two sons and for three years Charlemagne ruled with his younger brother Carloman. When Carloman died suddenly in 771, Charlemagne became sole ruler.

Charlemagne spent the early part of his reign on several military campaigns to expand his kingdom. He invaded Saxony in 772 and eventually achieved its total conquest and conversion to Christianity. He as well extended his dominance to the south, conquering the kingdom of the Lombards in northern Italy. In 778, he invaded northern Spain, then controlled past the Moors. Between 780 and 800, Charlemagne added Bohemia to his empire and subdued the Avars in the eye Danube basin to form a buffer state for the eastern edge of his empire.

In 800 a rebellion against Pope Leo 3 began. Charlemagne went to his aid in Rome and defeated the rebellion. Equally a token of thanks, Leo crowned Charlemagne on Christmas Day that year, declaring him emperor of the Romans. Although this did not give Charlemagne whatever new powers, information technology legitimised his dominion over his Italian territories and attempted to revive the imperial tradition of the western Roman emperor.

The immense territories which Charlemagne controlled became known as the Carolingian empire. Charlemagne introduced authoritative reforms throughout the lands he controlled, establishing key representatives in each region and holding a general assembly each year at his courtroom at Aachen. He standardised weights, measures and community dues, which helped improve commerce and initiated of import legal reforms. He also attempted to consolidate Christianity throughout his vast empire. He persuaded many eminent scholars to come up to his court and established a new library of Christian and classical works.

Charlemagne died in 814. His successors lacked his vision and dominance, and his empire did not long outlive him.