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"Right action is preferable to knowledge; however in order to do what is right, we should know what is right." (Charlemagne) A whole lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential statistics, but how a lot of the forest is lost for the trees and shrubs? In Charles River Editors' Legends of the Middle Age range series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of the most important medieval women and men in the time it takes to complete a commute, while learning interesting facts long neglected or never known. The most well-known man of the Middle Age range was probably Charlemagne, and few would claim that he was also the most important man during those decades. Upon the fatality of his father, Pepin the Brief, in 768, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, and he proceeded to generate one of the most significant European empires because the collapse of Rome. Through his conquests across Western European countries and Italy, Charlemagne became the first holy Roman emperor following a famous imperial coronation by Pope Leo III. In becoming the first holy Roman emperor, Charlemagne essentially set up a fresh order on the Western continent, thereby immediately influencing how Western politics and royalty proceeded in the approaching centuries. As if to demonstrate what size he loomed in life, Charlemagne was numbered Charles I in Germany, France, and the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne is also considered having brought about the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of artwork, religion, and culture through the Catholic Chapel that predated the Italian Renaissance by decades. The Carolingian Renaissance helped establish a uniform Western culture, helping Charlemagne earn the name "Father of Europe". Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne chronicles Charlemagne's backdrop, life, and impact, analyzing the legacy he still left upon Europe.

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