Stepping back into the annals of history, few figures loom as large and captivating as Charlemagne, a monarch whose life was ...

Henry Mayr-Harting, Charlemagne, the Saxons, and the Imperial Coronation of 800, The English Historical Review, Vol. 111, No. 444 (Nov., 1996), pp. 1113-1133 ...

772: Charlemagne starts 30 years war against Saxony; 777: The Saxons are converted to Christianity by the Franks: Charlemagne sends Saint Sturm, abbot of Fulda and disciple of Boniface, on mission to ...

The missionary efforts of the Anglo-Saxons in Germany only began to bear fruit under Lull in the 770s and ‘80s. He had befriended Charlemagne (king 769-800, emperor 800-814) when the future ...

Between 778 and 804 CE, Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of the Franks, tried to dislodge another Germanic tribe, the Saxons, from what is now Lower Saxony and Westphalia.

By Charlemagne AN EAST-WEST divide yawns at the heart of Europe. The odd thing is, this time it does not involve European Union politicians, but the journalists who cover the EU.

Description: This course examines Charlemagne's efforts to create a new European civilization (A.D. 768-814). The course incorporates the perspectives of Saxons, Vikings, Muslims, Byzantines, peasants ...

ACCORDING to the Spaniards and other troubled countries, the "Anglo-Saxon media" are part of a plot to do down the euro-zone. See my colleague Charlemagne's post here. But never fear, Europe. The ...

777: The Saxons are converted to Christianity by the Franks: Charlemagne sends Saint Sturm, abbot of Fulda and disciple of Boniface, on mission to Saxony. Charlemagne destroys a Saxon pagan place of ...

The missionary efforts of the Anglo-Saxons in Germany only began to bear fruit under Lull in the 770s and ‘80s. He had befriended Charlemagne (king 769-800, emperor 800-814) when the future ...