which was already considered a masterpiece by charlemagne s contemporaries it was the most magnificent chuch north of the house. have. for centuries the churches interior was the highest don t space in northern europe with marble from carra and columns from rome and advena thirty three german kings invoked the name of charlemagne and had themselves crowned on this throne in our one cathedral over the course of six hundred years. before their press cards often was charlemagne s preferred house probably because it was in the heartland of carolingian rule the one who goes out to get it was
holy roman empire of the german nation whose last emperor would rule until eighteen zero six. and even napoleon who put an end to this roman german tradition put himself on a par with charlemagne in not a damn cathedral in paris. in the daughter because his course influenced the significance of charlemagne for us today is that he united the different peoples and traditions of these large parts of europe for account of its fuel and goals are tied and that he rules this union under the idea of peace even though he was constantly at war these are for being dome under the light in the in his feet and he wanted to create a realm of peace over finished and he to go through it but then sleep so intently
shot you say sunday should be a day free from work hard so far as i m on is here because it would be god s will i like all christians should dedicate this day to the lord and to their family. serby it. more and oppression scholarly ness and beauty these were no contradictions in chalices mind the tradition he and his court scholars introduce is not just a fundamental educational reform it amounts to the rebirth of a classical latin world. since the decline of rome in the chaos of the great migrations this ancient culture had with it the latin spoken by the months and priests was corrupted their writings were barely legible charlemagne sense that his unified empire needed one language and one script.
have. when charlemagne was crowned emperor on christmas day in eight hundred it was a historic moment for contemporaries a sensation that resonated across europe. it was the first time a pope had crowned an emperor and the first time this emperor had come from an empire that was not roman. only a successor of some peter could award the title of emperor in the name of god that s why charlemagne had recognized the supremes pontiff as his spiritual head. in return charlemagne liberated the papacy from by zan time domination and placed it under its military protection. that s why the pope had to pay homage to the new emperor as his won t leave room.
mediterranean world and ancient culture he very. rapidly developed the idea of gathering experts at his court that he tasked with educational reform health. reform we were told. these experts were monks and clerics they came from ireland england spain and italy they were great scholars the best minds of their time charlemagne wanted to listen to them and learn from them. the holy scripture the bible was to be the sacred foundation of his kingdom even in every day matters. then sheepishly is it not written in the holy scripture that even god rested on the seventh day and god blessed the seventh day because he rested from all his works on that day and he got