CHARLEMAGNE During the middle ages (about AD 500 - 1500)one of the most powerful European kings was Charlemagne.CHARLEMAGNE was Frank. The Frank were a people who lived in parts of modern France and Germany. When he became the one and only ruler of the Frankish land in AD 771, CHARLEMAGNE wanted to make his kingdom bigger and stronger. He also wanted to spread Christianity and project the Roman Catholic church. With this plan in mind, CHARLEMAGNE spent 30 years battling the Saxons, another Germanic people. In these and many other wars CHARLEMAGNE gained control over much of western Europe, including what is now France, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and half of Italy and Germany. In the year 800,the POPE crow...
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