Why Is Charlemagne Important In The Middle Ages

Throughout Medieval history, there were many people who were a significant part of the Medieval age. They are well known and important because they all made a huge impact in the world that they lived in. Nevertheless, Charlemagne did the same and should be acknowledged for that. Charlemagne (Charles I) was the king of the Franks who started the Holy Roman Empire and was born around 742 A.D. His exact place of birth is unspecified, yet historians predicted that he was probably born in Aachen in modern-day Germany or Liege in present-day Belgium. Charlemagne has had many successful achievements during his life including when he revolutionized most parts of Western Europe and was crowned king in the year 800 by Pope Leo III. However he did have

some downs in his lifes too. During his final years of reign, his plans failed which led to low self-esteem. So, he spent his last years in depression, leaving his only son Louis to rule the kingdom.

Charlemagne’s full name is Charle I.

In fact, Charlemagne did not have a last name as we know it today and for that reason he is known as Charlemagne, Charle I and Carolus Magnus which simply means Charle/Karl the Great in the Latin formation. Before Charlemagne became the emperor, he was a professional monarch. His career began when he was king and was surprisingly promoted to a further advanced class in society. Charlemagne did not want to be an emperor, unfortunately he did not have a choice. He was one of those many people who had changed Medieval Europe and had huge effects on the world which was why he was one of the great leaders during that period of time.

Correspondingly, there is not much information based on Charlemagne’s early life as a child and his education. Although we do know that he was the eldest child of Pippin the short of the Carolingian Dynasty and Bertrada of Laon. When Pippin died, Charlemagne and his brother Carloman ruled the dynasty together. Then when Carloman died in 771, Charlemagne became the only ruler of the Franks and expanded the Frankish kingdom, eventually discovering the Carolingian Empire. Charles had as many as 5 fives

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Charlemagne introduced a learning system into his main castle because he wanted his people to be able to read a letter if he needed something from them. He felt it was conducive for their communication and general skills, and that it would enable people to do their jobs more effectively. He also believed that good reading and grammar skills were essential to intelligent debates. Thats when he decided that he would bring scholars from all over the world to his learning center and teach them how to read and write so that they could teach other people what they learnt.

Charlemagne introduced some key governmental innovations, which became known as the Carolingian Empire.

Charlemagne reorganized the economy of his empire. He standardized tolls and customs dues as well as weights and measures and he did anything he could do to improve the commerce there. The principal significance of Charlemagne's empire was that it united the Christian lands of western Europe and firmly established the power of the church. He was initiated as the ruler of the "Holy Roman Empire" by the Pope, giving credence to the power of the Church, and setting the stage for the Church to become a huge part of Western

Civilization.

In the ninth century Charlemagne brought in a system that organised the land use and controlled the people was called the Feudal system or Feudalism. Feudalism was characterized by a system of loyalties and protection with a ruling military class in Medieval Europe. It offered little movement for the lower class and wealth was based on power. Thus one of the basic points for categorizing a society in feudalism might be simply that its laws and customs are designed to best serve the land and the wealthy while offering substantially lesser legal protections to the landless and working classes and those who are in debt.

Charlemagne influenced many people during his reign as king. He united western Europe for the first time since the Roman empire and his sons created kingdoms that would form the base for modern France. He had a lot of influence in Germany and Italy as well but they became fragmented again upon his death. He also helped spread Catholicism. He contributed to society as well by conquering much of Western Europe and created an empire that included nearly all of present-day France, Germany, Netherland, Belgium and Switzerland, and some portions of Australia and Italy. Charlemagne had good relations with the church and would protect the pope from invaders.