Charlemagne's Influence On Medieval Europe

It was the year 742 and no one knew that the emperor of most of western europe, the king of Franks, and one the most influential rulers was born……. Charlemagne!

So ‘Who was charlemagne and how did he influence the development of Medieval Europe?’

Charlemagne was born in the famous Francia/Frankia, also known as the Kingdom of the Franks. He grew up in a world where life was dictated to wealth, power and status. The feudal system demonstrated the rights and privileges given to the different classes. The high ranking nobles lived in castle with their knights, ladies and retinues. Others enjoyed their life in their Manors while the peasants,serfs, freemen and villeins spent their life surrounded in village life. In 768 this great man came to

To understand his political influence you need to understand that Charlemagne had three major roles as a king, he controlled the army, defended the church, and was the supreme judge. Therefore one of his major changes was that he replaced old system of trial by ordeal and replaced it with trial by jury which was seen as one of the most important doings Charlemagne did for his people. During his campaign, he fought in many brutal wars including the bloody war in Aquitaine; which was started by his father. Charlemagne also took over northern Italy, dethroned king Desiderius, and then proclaimed himself the King of Italy in 774. With the Pope’s hatred of Charlemagne, he soon accused him of violation of prearranged agreements. This angered Charlemagne and he went to war and defeated pope and his scheme with two campaigns. Overall Charlemagne political reign showed that charlemagne accomplished many things for his people in particular his success in many wars although he was soon defeated in the campaign against

A negative short term effect charlemagne contributed to was the intellectual activity of Western Europe beginning a slow recovery since the fall of the Roman Empire. Short term, Charlemagne established a substantial empire in France and Germany, and in the long term, when Charlemagne died, his empire did not last long after his death. The empire was then divided for each of his three grandsons. In the short term, Charlemagne helped expand Christianity in Western Europe after a brutal war, as a positive long term effect Christianity eventually expanded across Europe. In the short term he was also able to unify Western Europe after the time of Rome’s fall, as well as his contribution to the Roman Empire that had expanded due to his power. In the Long term, the Roman Empire helped many citizens to convert to