This enabled Charlemagne to come into contact with the southern Slavs and the Avars. After many campaigns, Saxony was finally added to the Carolingian domain in 804. While eventually covering much of western and central Europe, Charlemagne was able to continue with the organization of the Carolingian kingdom (Spielvogel, 212).
             Charlemagne depended on the royal estates for food and goods since there was no public taxation. His household staff and officials were also supported through the goods derived from the royal lands. Charlemagne's nobles were granted part of these territories as lifetime holdings in return for assisting him (Spielvogel, 212).
             The ruling of the Carolingian empire depended greatly upon the use of counts as head representatives in regional areas. Counts were nobility that had already worked under the Merovingian's and acted as military leaders, judges, and agents of the king.
             And the count himself shall see in what manner they are prepared, that is, each one shall have a lance, shield, bow with two strings, twelve arrows. And the bishops, counts, abbots, shall oversee their own men and shall come on the day of the appointed muster and there show how they are prepared (Sherman, 131).
             The counts were limited to the amount of power they could possess by being moved occasionally from county to county, which prevented them from ruling just one region their entire life. The position was appointive, so their children could not inherit the office. Although the counts had assistants, they were not part of an office, but rather members of their households (Spielvogel, 213).
             The Carolingian empire covered a vast amount of area, which made it very difficult to govern. The dynamic size of this kingdom proved impossible for Charlemagne to control himself, which in turn made the Carolingian system completely inefficient. Charlemagne was a righteous leader however, and had many loyal follo...