Charlemagne was crowned king of the Franks in 768 and appointed the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800. He is ...

“Charlemagne is your 38th great-grandfather,” Gates said to Stone. “The first Holy Roman Emperor. He was a mean dude.” Stone’s mouth gaped open in dismay as she slowly processed the ...

Show more “And from that moment on, he was addressed as emperor ... the whole sweep of Roman history. In the West though, her rule as a woman was not acknowledged. To Charlemagne, then, it ...

"Charlemagne is your 38th great-grandfather," Gates tells her. "The first holy Roman Emperor. He was a mean dude." "Charlemagne was my grandfather," Stone repeats back, her shock not wearing off ...

This is not only a crown; it is the echo of Charlemagne’s chapel in Aachen and reminiscent of imperial churches in Constantinople and Ravenna. The four enamel plaques show three Old Testament ...

just as Einhard’s biography of Charlemagne had done a millennium and more before, the enduring influence of Suetonius’ portrait of the first Roman emperor. If there is much in The Lives of the ...

Centuries might have passed since the collapse of Roman rule in western Europe ... Even Augustus, the emperor who served Einhard as the model for his portrayal of Charlemagne, is described as ...