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What is the name of the Charlemagne's empire?

It was called the Carolingian Empire.


What did Charlemagne contribute to the rise of the Frankish kingdom?

Charlemagne (Charles the Great) defeated most of the remaining Germanic tribes in the area to create a Christian empire that included all of modern Europe. He was named Emperor of Rome by the Pope in 800, and the kingdom he ruled came to be known as the Holy Roman Empire. The kingdom under his rule was organized around nobles and independent estates called manors, a forerunner of feudalism. He is known as the father of modern Europe, and brought about the Carolingian Renaissance, a return of art and learning to Europe.


What empire did Charlemagne find?

Charlemagne did not find an empire (find, meaning discover). He founded and empire (found, meaning begin building up). The empire he founded is called the Carolingian Empire. Depending on the historian whose works you read, the Carolingian Empire was either the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire, or ancestral to the Holy Roman Empire.


What were Charlemagne's contributions to civilization in western Europe?

Charlemagne (742–814) also called Charles the Great or the father of Europe, is considered one of the great leaders in history because he made significant contributions to Western civilization. As King, Charlemagne extended his empire, by conquering much of Western Europe (present-day France and southern Germany) and northern Italy. Charlemagne ordered many improvements, such as the building of new roads and bridges, the standardizing of taxes and tolls, the compilation of a code of civil laws and a code of church laws, also known as the Canon Law. At this time few people could read and write, and because they came from various tribes, they spoke different languages. By making sure Latin was taught throughout his empire, Charlemagne created a common language. He also installed a library at his castle, where he invited scholars to live and work. These scholars translated and copied many manuscripts from Roman Empire and Greek times, preserving the vintage manuscripts. A cultural revival, called the Carolingian Renaissance, also took place during his reign. Charlemagne ordered the bishops to set up schools for training monks and educating citizens-also known as the Carolingian. Charlemagne also created the Carolingian Miniscule, was a script. It was used to produce classical texts, religious books and educational material. That is why Emperor Charlemagne had such a significant influence on the western civilization.


What was the extent of Charlemagne's empire?

Charlemagne's empire included nearly all of modern France, but not Brittany. It included northern Spain, in the area of the Pyrenees known as the Spanish March. It included Belgium and the Netherlands, most of what was West Germany, Switzerland, most of Austria, and parts of northern Italy, including Lombardy and Tuscany. In addition to this, areas extending for about three hundred kilometers east were very likely to be tributaries of the empire. The Empire of the West, as Charlemagne's empire was called, gave rise to the nation of France and the Holy Roman Empire.

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What is the name of the Charlemagne's empire?

It was called the Carolingian Empire.


Where was it the king Charlemagne lived?

Charlemagne lived in the Kingdom of the Franks, of which he became king. In 800, he was crowned as Emperor of the Roman People, which was a title that had very little to do with the Roman Empire aside from the name. His empire is now called the Carolingian Empire; it divided some years after he died into the Kingdom of France and what came to be called the Holy Roman Empire, or Germany. Charlemagne's Empire was the largest in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.


What was Charlemagne empire called?

Charlemagne's empire was called the Empire of the Roman People. This was rather inconvenient, because the East Roman Empire was still operating and WA also called the Empire of the Roman People. So today, historians call Charlemagne's empire the Carolingian Empire and the East Roman Empire of the Middle Ages is called the Byzantine Empire.


The most powerful leader in western Europe during the early part of the middle ages was who?

Charlemagne also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire 3 centuries earlier. Called the Father of Europe, He united most of Western Europe.


Who crowned Charlemagne emperor?

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor in St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, on December 25, 800 AD. At the time he crowned Charlemagne, he referred to the empire as the Roman Empire. Today, historians call Charlemagne's empire the Carolingian Empire, but at the time, people in Western Europe called it the Roman Empire, as Pope Leo III had. The people of the Byzantine Empire of the time, who had always called their country the Roman Empire, and would as long as it existed, were not very happy about this. The Carolingian Empire divided into France, and a country we call the Holy Roman Empire, but which called itself the Roman Empire for some time. If all this sounds confusing, imagine how it sounded to the people of the time. There are a links below.


What was the middle territory of Charlemagne's empire was called what?

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The middle territory of Charlemagne's empire was called the Kingdom of .?

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The middle territory of Charlemagne empire was called the kingdom of what?

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What did Charlemagne contribute to the rise of the Frankish kingdom?

Charlemagne (Charles the Great) defeated most of the remaining Germanic tribes in the area to create a Christian empire that included all of modern Europe. He was named Emperor of Rome by the Pope in 800, and the kingdom he ruled came to be known as the Holy Roman Empire. The kingdom under his rule was organized around nobles and independent estates called manors, a forerunner of feudalism. He is known as the father of modern Europe, and brought about the Carolingian Renaissance, a return of art and learning to Europe.


Where in the world was the holy roman empire?

The so-called Holy Roman Empire was a medieval kingdom of central Europe. The Pope crowned the first "emperor" Charlemagne. It went from a Frankish kingdom to a Germanic one.


What was the group from which Charlemagne rescued rome?

Charlemagne was the king of the Franks. The pope asked him to attack the Lombards and end their rule in Italy. In exchange he was given the title of Roman emperor. This led to the formation of the Carolingian empire. It has been given this name because it was ruled by Charlemagne and his close relatives (after his death). Italy became part of this empire. Charlemagne was called Roman emperor to symbolise the independence of western Europe from the Roman empire of the East which previously was in charge of part of Italy. The pope also was meant to be a subordinate of this empire. Charlemagne provided the military power that gave the Pope and Italy this independence through his alliance with the pope.


What was the Treaty that divided Charlemagne's empire into three kingdoms called?

The Treaty of Verdun, AD 843. However, Charlemagne's former empire had already fallen apart long before that.