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who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the Church. His

belief in the need for education among the Frankish people was to bring about religious,

political, and educational reforms that would change the history of Europe.

Charlemagne was born in 742 at Aachen, the son of Pepin(or Pippin) the Short and

grandson of Charles Martel. His grandfather, Charles, had begun the process of unifying

western Europe, in the belief that all people should be Christian. Charlemagne’s father,

Pepin, continued this process throughout his rule and passed his beliefs on to

Charlemagne. All three, in addition to the political unification, believed that the church

should be reformed and reorganized under the Pope, which helped their rise to power as

the Carolingian Dynasty. (Holmes 74)

Upon Pepin’s death in 768, Charlemagne and his brother, Carloman, each inherited half of

the Frankish kingdom. Pepin, in the Merovingian tradition of the

. . .

Charlemagne studied grammar, rhetoric, dialects and astronomy as well. (Boussard 24) After the fifth century, coins had been minted by any

number of coiners, and the value of each varied greatly. (Boussard

157)

Charlemagne was a enlightened leader who restored the roots of education and order

Medieval Europe.

Many of these tribes were conquered by Charlemagne, among them the Aquitanians, the

Lombards, the Saxons, the Bretons, the Bavarians, the Huns, and the Danes. He inherited great wealth and a powerful army, built by his father and

grandfather. The

feudal monarchy created by Charlemagne had two definite characteristics: absolute power

limited only by advice given by nobles and the Church and power based on a contract - the

oath of fidelity pledging allegiance by the king’s subjects. Interpretation of the law was varied, as each

man was able to read his own version of truth. (Ganshoff 25)

At the beginning of the Carolingian dynasty the Church was suffering from many problems. The reforms of Pepin and

Charlemagne saw to the regulation of the amount of precious metals in each coin, as well

as the monogram of the king to be embossed on each. But more important still, anyone who broke it became guilty not

only of infidelitas but also of perjury; if his infidelity was not great enough to attract the

death penalty, he could still be condemned to lose his right hand as a perjurer, and what

was more, in religious terms he had placed himself in a state of mortal sin. " (Ganshoff

113) The oath was a combination of action for the public good, combined with the practice

of Christian virtues. Many of the scholars brought to the Palace School were

foreigners: Italians, Spaniards, and Irish, but there were also some Franks.

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