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How to Take Over the World

Charlemagne was a king, emperor, conqueror, reformer, and the father of a united Europe. On this episode we look at how he forged the Holy Roman Empire and built the foundations of western civilization as we know it. --- Sponsors: https://www.costofglory.com/cog-retreats/texas-retreat - Austin Retreat with the Cost of Glory January 23-26. Use code TAKEOVER for $200 off. https://www.vesto.com/ - All of your company's financial accounts in one view HTTOTW Premium - For all endnotes, takeaways, and bonus episode, subscribe to How to Take Over the World Premium --- Stay in touch: Twitter/X: @BenWilsonTweets Instagram: @HTTOTW Email me: Ben@takeoverpod.com Sources: Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard and Notker Charlemagne From the Hammer to the Cross by Richard Winston King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet Nelson --- Writing, research, and production by Ben Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NTVRadyo
Köşedeki Kitapçı - Huzuru Bozmak & Bunun Adı Girdap & Einhard Şarlman

NTVRadyo

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 5:57


El Scriptorium
Imperio Carolingio (IV): el ocaso de una dinastía - El Scriptorium

El Scriptorium

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 54:25


Si a lo largo del reinado de Ludovico Pío se habían dado conflictos dentro de la dinastía Carolingia, a su muerte en el 740 la situación sólo podrá agravarse. Tres hermanos se dividen el Imperio, iniciando una época de alianzas y traiciones que se prolongará durante décadas. Enfrentados y aliados entre sí en los diferentes momentos, deberán hacer frente a las amenazas exteriores: vikingos, sarracenos, eslavos y húngaros hostigan todas las fronteras del antiguo Regnum Francorum. En el interior, las insurrecciones serán el pan de cada día, hijos alzándose contra sus padres, en no pocas ocasiones incitados por una aristocracia rebelde. La tan ansiada unidad será imposible, una idea que aún así fue resucitada en algunos momentos, cuando parecía que un rey carolingio podría reconstruir todo el Imperio bajo su dirección. A la fragmentación inicial en Verdún en el 843, habrá que añadir la división de los reinos de Lotario I y Luis el Germánico cuando ambos fallezcan repartiendo sus tierras entre sus hijos, incrementando con ello la tensión en el reino. Con el fin del siglo IX se iniciará la imparable y veloz decadencia de una dinastía que había logrado dar vida a un nuevo Imperio inspirado en el recuerdo de la caída Roma y de espíritu cristiano. Con la muerte de Carlos el Gordo, la estirpe dará sus últimos coletazos de vida, aunque aún logrará mantenerse por algún tiempo en el poder en algunos de los reinos. Si te gusta nuestro contenido podéis dejarnos un me gusta y un comentario, así nos ayudáis a seguir creciendo. También nos podéis apoyar a través de la pestaña «Apoyar» con una suscripción mensual. ¡Muchísimas gracias! Síguenos en: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElScriptorium TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elscriptorium?is_from_webapp=1&;;sender_device=pc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scriptoriumpodcast Telegram: https://t.me/ElScriptorium Contacto: scriptoriumpodcast@protonmail.com Bibliografía: - Álvarez Palenzuela, V.A. (2013). Historia Universal de la Edad Media. Ariel. - Mitre Fernández, E. (2009). Una Primera Europa: romanos, cristianos y germanos (400-1000). Encuentro. - Isla Frez, A. (1992). La Europa de los carolingios. Síntesis. - Riché, P. (1993). The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press. - James, E. (1982). The Origins of France: from Clovis to the Capetians, 500-1000. Palgrave. - Halphen, L. (1992). Carlomagno y el Imperio Carolingio. Akal. - Kramer, R. (2019). Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire. Amsterdam University Press. - Noble, T. (2009) Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer. Penn State University Press. - Scholz, B. (1970). Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard’s Histories. The University of Michigan Press. - Reuter, T. (1992). The Annals of Fulda: Ninth century histories, Volume II. Manchester University Press. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

El Scriptorium
Imperio Carolingio (III): Ludovico Pío - El Scriptorium

El Scriptorium

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 54:50


La muerte de Carlomagno abre una nueva etapa en la historia del Regnum Francorum. Su sucesor será su único hijo vivo: Ludovico Pío, también llamado Luis el Piadoso. Acusado por la historiografía de iniciar la decadencia del Imperio fundado por su padre, su reinado será presentado como un simple intermedio entre la grandeza de Carlomagno y la época de conflictos civiles auspiciadas por sus herederos. Frente a este visión, el reinado de Ludovico pío aparece como una época de consolidación y de transformaciones sociales; etapa que será sucedida por unas turbulencias a lo largo de todo el siglo IX que llevaran al ocaso del Imperio Christianum al que Carlomagno y sus intelectuales dieron vida el 25 de diciembre del año 800. El reinado de Ludovico y sus sucesores quedará marcado, sin ninguna duda, por la intriga política. Se abre, así en el 814 todo un siglo lleno de conflictos civiles surgidos por las disputas en el propio seno de la dinastía carolingia e instigadas por una nobleza y un clero con intereses diversos y divergentes. Conspiraciones, alianzas, traiciones, asesinatos, rebeliones y guerras dejarán su impronta en el Regnum Francorum a lo largo de toda la centuria. Si te gusta nuestro contenido podéis dejarnos un me gusta y un comentario, así nos ayudáis a seguir creciendo. También nos podéis apoyar a través de la pestaña «Apoyar» con una suscripción mensual. ¡Muchísimas gracias! Síguenos en: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElScriptorium TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elscriptorium?is_from_webapp=1&;sender_device=pc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scriptoriumpodcast Telegram: https://t.me/ElScriptorium Contacto: scriptoriumpodcast@protonmail.com Bibliografía: - Álvarez Palenzuela, V.A. (2013). Historia Universal de la Edad Media. Ariel. - Mitre Fernández, E. (2009). Una Primera Europa: romanos, cristianos y germanos (400-1000). Encuentro. - Isla Frez, A. (1992). La Europa de los carolingios. Síntesis. - Riché, P. (1993). The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press. - James, E. (1982). The Origins of France: from Clovis to the Capetians, 500-1000. Palgrave. - Halphen, L. (1992). Carlomagno y el Imperio Carolingio. Akal. - Kramer, R. (2019). Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire. Amsterdam University Press. - Noble, T. (2009) Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer. Penn State University Press. - Scholz, B. (1970). Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard’s Histories. The University of Michigan Press. - Reuter, T. (1992). The Annals of Fulda: Ninth century histories, Volume II. Manchester University Press. Música: Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Instant Trivia
Episode 784 - 1998 - tv drama - movie series - things that happened - shopping

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 8:47


Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 784, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1998 1: In April this U.S. figure dropped to a 28-year low of 4.3%, leaving the devil without many idle hands. Unemployment rate. 2: This goofy comedy with Cameron Diaz in the title role was a big summertime hit. There's Something About Mary. 3: With over $500 million in perks, the Big Apple kept this "Big Board" from moving to Jersey. New York Stock Exchange. 4: In 1998 it became a landing "strip" when the Palestinians opened their first airport there. Gaza Strip. 5: Bill Clinton's private secretary, she testified before a grand jury January 27. Betty Currie. Round 2. Category: tv drama 1: This is the longest-running medical drama and also the longest-running daytime drama still on television. General Hospital. 2: "La Reina del Sur", one of these Latin soap operas, ran 5 nights a week on Telemundo. a telenovela. 3: Season 1 of this HBO mystery series spans 17 years--season 3 doubles that and covers 35 years. True Detective. 4: Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok and Jon Voight play family members of this Showtime title character. Ray Donovan. 5: (Hi, I'm Ollie North, and) I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers. JAG. Round 3. Category: movie series 1: John Gavin was signed to play him in "Diamonds Are Forever", but then Sean Connery was lured back. James Bond. 2: Films in this series include "Dream Warriors", "The Dream Master" and "Freddy's Revenge". Nightmare on Elm Street. 3: In a series of 14 films in the 1930s and 1940s Nigel Bruce was Watson to his Sherlock Holmes. Sir Basil Rathbone. 4: William Boyd was 40 when he began playing this hero in a series of 66 low-budget westerns. Hopalong Cassidy. 5: Occupation of Andy Hardy's long-suffering father. Judge. Round 4. Category: things that happened 1: In 622 Muhammad fled this city; in 630 he came back with 10,000 followers and captured it. Mecca. 2: The opening of this in 1869 cut 4,000 miles and weeks of sailing off trips. the Suez Canal. 3: Einhard's "Life of" this Frankish ruler says he almost doubled the size of the realm his father Pepin left him. Charlemagne. 4: He was the junker, or landowner, whom Prussia's Wilhelm I chose to be his prime minister in 1862. (Otto von) Bismarck. 5: It was under this czar that Russia went on the Julian calendar used in the West; he liked Western stuff. Peter the Great. Round 5. Category: shopping 1: The National Consumer Council warns that on a credit card, beware of a high APR, which stands for this. annual percentage rate. 2: Savile Row in this city is known for its fine custom tailoring shops. London. 3: A Pea in the Pod specializes in fashions for these people, as you might "expect". expectant mothers (pregnant people accepted). 4: Zorba was the original name of this retailer that started in Spain; it stuck with a "Z" name. Zara. 5: A follow-up to "The Devil Wears Prada" is called "When Life Gives You" these yoga clothes. Lululemons. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Classic Audiobook Collection
Life of Charlemagne by Einhard ~ Full Audiobook

Classic Audiobook Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 62:47


Life of Charlemagne by Einhard audiobook. Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni or Life of Charlemagne (c. 817–830), which provides much direct information about Charlemagne's life and character. In composing this he made full use of the Frankish Royal annals. Einhard's literary model was the classical work of the Roman historian Suetonius, the Lives of the Caesars.

Battle Royale: French Monarchs
Carolingian Retrospective with Dr Rutger Kramer

Battle Royale: French Monarchs

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 104:18


We are delighted to be joined by historian Dr Rutger Kramer on today's special episode recapping and re-examining all the Carolingians we have ranked on the podcast, from Charles Martel to Louis V. In this episode, among plenty of other topics, we talk about what the Battle of Tours really meant to the Franks, why Charlemagne is such an anomaly in this period, and why Louis the Pious might have been robbed!Rutger's "Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire: Ideas and Expectations During the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828)" is available as an open-access read, for those who want to learn more.Other recommendations:Vita Caroli (Life of Charlemagne) by Einhard (full translation)Gesta Normannorum (History of the Dukes of Normandy) by Dudo of St-Quentin (full translation)The Penitential State: Authority and Atonement in the Age of Louis the Pious by Mayke de JongList of books by Thea Beckman (Dutch historical fiction author)The Royal Diaries series by Kathryn Lasky (fiction)The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France by Shelley Puhak (non-fiction narrative history about Fredegund and Brunhild, available in the US and UK)

Thugs and Miracles: A History of France
The Fire of Paganism (S3: E7)

Thugs and Miracles: A History of France

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 32:26


This week we're going to take a look at what may be one of the great military miscalculations of all time. Charles was a solid tactician and an excellent logistician, and clearly very successful in most things he tried his hand at. Politics, religion, culture, war... there was no area in which he did not make an enormous impact during his life. Knowing this, how was it then that he so dramatically failed to see just how long and hard a campaign against the Saxons would be? Einhard, one of the first and most eminent biographers of Charlemagne, and a man who studied the whole of the great King's life, would describe it this way: “No war taken up by the Frankish people was ever longer, harder, or more dreadful.” This is both factually correct and a huge understatement. After all, we are not talking about an extra battle or two; we are talking about nearly 30 additional years of battle, plus additional pockets of resistance that would not be fully squelched until well after Charles's lifetime. Was it hubris, bad intelligence, an overestimation of his own military capabilities, or an underestimation of his enemies that led to all of this? Or was it a bit of all of the above? Finally, even with all of these factors in mind, did Charles really have a choice of whether or not to face the Saxons? I mean, was their fight inevitable, and if so, could it have been less bloody for both sides? ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ Links to social media and the website: Shelley Puhak: shelleypuhak.com The Dark Queens: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Queens-Bloody-Rivalry-Medieval/dp/1635574919 TDQ Politics & Prose Launch Event: https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/pp-live-shelley-puhak-dark-queens-bloody-rivalry-forged-medieval-world    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThugsAndMiracles Wise: https://wise.prf.hn/click/camref:1100lmi64/creativeref:1011l34332  Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/thugs    Site: https://www.thugsandmiracles.com/ Email: thugsandmiracles@gmail.com Twitter: @thugsandmiracle (with no “s” on the end) Facebook: @ThugsAndMiracles Instagram: @ThugsAndMiracles YouTube: Thugs and Miracles Academia.edu: Life After Rome Listenable: History of the Merovingians, 451-613

Genusscast Podcast
GC0027 - Prämiumtees

Genusscast Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 105:09


heckpiet und maha haben heute Gäste, nämlich Katja und Einhard, mit denen wir über besondere Tees sprechen wollen.

katja tees einhard
Genusscast Podcast
GC0027 - Prämiumtees

Genusscast Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 105:09


heckpiet und maha haben heute Gäste, nämlich Katja und Einhard, mit denen wir über besondere Tees sprechen wollen.

katja tees einhard
WDR ZeitZeichen
Einhard, fränkischer Geschichtsschreiber (Todestag 14.03.0840)

WDR ZeitZeichen

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 14:49


Er war ein Mann mit vielen Talenten und er hatte Glück. Als der junge Klosterschüler Einhard in Fulda als außergewöhnlich klug und sprachbegabt auffiel, suchte Karl der Große gerade nach Männern, mit denen er die Bildung im Frankenreich reformieren könnte. Bald war Einhard Mitglied der illustren Gelehrtenrunde, die sich in Aachen um den Herrscher scharte. Autorin: Maren Gottschalk

Rewind, Repeat
#5: Charlemagne: The Forging of Europe: Part 5

Rewind, Repeat

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 67:33


The revived Roman Empire gets an emperor. Uniting Europe with Catholic support, Charlemagne brings order to Europe. But was it worth the cost? Flurry, Gerald. The True History of the True Church of God. Philadelphia Church of God. 2015. (https://www.thetrumpet.com/literature/books_and_booklets/2345) Flurry, Gerald. Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. Philadelphia Church of God. 2009. (https://www.thetrumpet.com/literature/books_and_booklets/22) Flurry, Gerald. “The Holy Roman Empire Goes Public--Big Time.” The Philadelphia Trumpet. Philadelphia Church of God. October, 2018. (https://www.thetrumpet.com/17669-the-holy-roman-empire-goes-public-big-time) Macdonald, Brad. The Holy Roman Empire in Prophecy. Philadelphia Church of God. 2017. (https://www.thetrumpet.com/literature/books_and_booklets/2384) Armstrong, Herbert W. Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast? Philadelphia Church of God. 2015. (https://www.thetrumpet.com/literature/books_and_booklets/387) Gregory of Tours: The History of the Franks, Translated by Lewis Thorpe. Penguin Classics 1974. James, Edward. The Franks. Basil Blackwell. 1988. Bachrach, Bernard. Early Carolingian Warfare: Prelude to Empire. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2001. Riche, Pierre. Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1978. Rosamond McKitterick. The Carolingians and the Written Word. Cambridge University Press. 1995. Rosamond McKitterick. Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity. Cambridge University Press. 2008. Einhard and Notker the Stammerer: Two LIves of Charlemagne. Translated by David Ganz. Penguin Classics. 2008. Johnson, Paul. A History of Christianity. Touchstone, Simon & Schuster. 1995. Barbero, Alessandro. Charlemagne: Father of a Continent. University of California Press. 2000. Holland, Tom. Millennium: The End of the World an the Forging of Christendom. Little Brown. 2008. Noble, Thomas. The Republic of St. Peter: the Birth of the Papal State 680 - 825. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1984. Durant, Will. The Story of Civilization: Caesar and Christ. Simon and Schuster. 1950. Durant, Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith. Simon and Schuster. 1950.

Medieval Church History - Msgr. Witt
Episode 7: The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne (February 13, 2019)

Medieval Church History - Msgr. Witt

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2019 52:37


In this episode of Medieval Church History, Msgr. Michael Witt speaks about the Christmas crowning of Charlemagne. (February 6, 2019)

Zona Gaymer
Ep.8: Twilight Princess, una maravilla de juego

Zona Gaymer

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 60:20


Sebastián y Einhard hablan sobre Twilight Princess, el juego favorito de Zelda de ambos. Comentan qué es lo que separa a este juego sobre las demás entregas de la saga.

Genusscast Podcast
Folge 0027 – Prämiumtees

Genusscast Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2017 105:09


heckpiet und maha haben heute Gäste, nämlich Katja und Einhard, mit denen wir über besondere Tees sprechen wollen.

katja tees einhard
1337@kultur:~$
Folge 54: Impromusik

1337@kultur:~$

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015 156:33


Einhard und maha unterhalten sich über improvisierte Musik, kurz Impromusik. Früher sprach man auch von Tonkunst, wenn es um Musik ging. Deshalb findet sich das Wort im Untertitel. Es geht dabei um Harmonielehre und Einhard gibt konkrete Beispiele aus dem eigenen Repertoire. Sein technisches Equipment wird ebenfalls vorgestellt.

1337@kultur:~$
Folge 46: Velo, Fahrrad

1337@kultur:~$

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 186:37


Einhard und maha erzählen ihre jeweilige Fahrradgeschichte, aber es geht auch allgemein um die Geschichte und die Zukunft des Fahrrads und besonders über das Fahren mit dem Rad. Das Thema wird eher allgemein und nicht technisch angegangen.

Sidney Greats Lectures (4) Michaelmas 2013
Prof. Rosamond McKitterick on Charlemagne

Sidney Greats Lectures (4) Michaelmas 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2013 51:50


Prof. Rosamond McKitterick (Sidney Sussex College and the Faculty of HIstory) provides an overview of the life and achievements of Charlemagne, starting from Einhard's 'Life of Charlemagne'.

Early Middle Ages
20. Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne

Early Middle Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2012 44:01


In this lecture, Professor Freedman discusses the Carolingian Renaissance, the revival of learning sponsored by Charlemagne and his successors. The period before the Carolingians saw a decline in learning, evidenced in part by the loss of lay literacy. As literacy became the purview of clerics, monasteries set up scriptoria in order to copy manuscripts on a larger scale. In this context, the Carolingians sponsored a revival of learning both for the sake of bringing educated people into the government and in order to encourage the piety of the people. Professor Freedman ends the lecture by discussing Einhard’s writings on Sts Marcellinus and Peter. Their story illustrates how, in this period, the piety of the well-educated was not all that different from that of the common people. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://oyc.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2011.

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In Our Time
The Carolingian Renaissance

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2006 42:00


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance. In 800 AD on Christmas Day in Rome, Pope Leo III proclaimed Charlemagne Emperor. According to the Frankish historian Einhard, Charlemagne would never have set foot in St Peter's that day if he had known that the Pope intended to crown him. But Charlemagne accepted his coronation with magnanimity. Regarded as the first of the Holy Roman Emperors, Charlemagne became a touchstone for legitimacy until the institution was brought to an end by Napoleon in 1806. A Frankish King who held more territory in Western Europe than any man since the Roman Emperor, Charlemagne's lands extended from the Atlantic to Vienna and from Northern Germany to Rome. His reign marked a period of enormous cultural and literary achievement. But at its foundation lay conquest, conversion at the point of a sword and a form of Christianity that was obsessed with sin, discipline and correction. How did Charlemagne become the most powerful man in Western Europe and how did he finance his conquests? Why was he able to draw Europe's most impressive scholars to his court? How successful was he in his quest to reform his church and educate the clergy? And can the Carolingian period really be called a Renaissance? With Matthew Innes, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London; Julia Smith, Edwards Professor of Medieval History at Glasgow University; Mary Garrison, Lecturer in History at the University of York

In Our Time: Culture
The Carolingian Renaissance

In Our Time: Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2006 42:00


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance. In 800 AD on Christmas Day in Rome, Pope Leo III proclaimed Charlemagne Emperor. According to the Frankish historian Einhard, Charlemagne would never have set foot in St Peter's that day if he had known that the Pope intended to crown him. But Charlemagne accepted his coronation with magnanimity. Regarded as the first of the Holy Roman Emperors, Charlemagne became a touchstone for legitimacy until the institution was brought to an end by Napoleon in 1806. A Frankish King who held more territory in Western Europe than any man since the Roman Emperor, Charlemagne's lands extended from the Atlantic to Vienna and from Northern Germany to Rome. His reign marked a period of enormous cultural and literary achievement. But at its foundation lay conquest, conversion at the point of a sword and a form of Christianity that was obsessed with sin, discipline and correction. How did Charlemagne become the most powerful man in Western Europe and how did he finance his conquests? Why was he able to draw Europe's most impressive scholars to his court? How successful was he in his quest to reform his church and educate the clergy? And can the Carolingian period really be called a Renaissance? With Matthew Innes, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London; Julia Smith, Edwards Professor of Medieval History at Glasgow University; Mary Garrison, Lecturer in History at the University of York

In Our Time: History
The Carolingian Renaissance

In Our Time: History

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2006 42:00


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance. In 800 AD on Christmas Day in Rome, Pope Leo III proclaimed Charlemagne Emperor. According to the Frankish historian Einhard, Charlemagne would never have set foot in St Peter's that day if he had known that the Pope intended to crown him. But Charlemagne accepted his coronation with magnanimity. Regarded as the first of the Holy Roman Emperors, Charlemagne became a touchstone for legitimacy until the institution was brought to an end by Napoleon in 1806. A Frankish King who held more territory in Western Europe than any man since the Roman Emperor, Charlemagne's lands extended from the Atlantic to Vienna and from Northern Germany to Rome. His reign marked a period of enormous cultural and literary achievement. But at its foundation lay conquest, conversion at the point of a sword and a form of Christianity that was obsessed with sin, discipline and correction. How did Charlemagne become the most powerful man in Western Europe and how did he finance his conquests? Why was he able to draw Europe's most impressive scholars to his court? How successful was he in his quest to reform his church and educate the clergy? And can the Carolingian period really be called a Renaissance? With Matthew Innes, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London; Julia Smith, Edwards Professor of Medieval History at Glasgow University; Mary Garrison, Lecturer in History at the University of York