How was Charlemagne Empire established?

Charles ruled Europe and attracted the attention of the Pope. Because the Pope is very satisfied with Pippin's contribution to the earth, now seeing that Charlie's power is so powerful, he wants to give Charlie the title of "Roman Emperor" in order to control the whole of Western Europe with him.

On Christmas Day in 800 AD, Charlie came to St Peter's Cathedral in Rome. When Pope Leo III was praying, he suddenly put a golden crown on him, and then took the lead in shouting: "God crowned Emperor Charles, wishing him a long life and eternal victory!" Other priests also cheered. Charlie was overjoyed at this "surprise attack" and accepted it gladly. In this way, he was officially called the emperor and regarded his Charlemagne empire as a continuation of the ancient Roman empire. His position is far higher than that of the average barbarian king.

During the reign of Charles, churches and monasteries were ordered to run schools and set up colleges in the palace to recruit monks and scholars to give lectures. He also selected children from middle-class families and lower-class families to receive education with rich children. Even appointed a young priest who was born in poverty and studied well as a bishop. Of course, the cultural education in this era is still monopolized by the church, and the purpose of education is also to serve religious theology.

Charlie is extremely fanatical and pious about Christianity. After he made Ahern the capital, he built many magnificent palaces and churches. All marble columns were transported from distant Rome and other places by demolishing ancient buildings. With the prosperity of architecture, painting, sculpture and other arts have also developed. The court chapel in Ahern has been preserved to this day.

Charlie also sent people to collect and copy many Latin and Greek manuscripts. Although he knew nothing about the contents of the manuscript, he also kept many works of classical writers for future generations. Because the dynasty ruled by Charlemagne was called Carolingian dynasty, later historians called Charlemagne's culture "Carolingian culture".

But the Charlemagne Empire conquered by force was not consolidated because it did not have the same economic base. Empire includes many different nationalities and tribes, each with its own way of life, each with its own language, and the level of social development is also very inconsistent. In some areas, feudalism has been formed, some areas are in the primary stage of feudalism, and some areas still have many clan systems. There is a lack of economic ties between various ethnic groups. Although the central ruling power has been strengthened, it is still difficult to consolidate the unity of the empire and eliminate the growing centrifugal force and separatist tendency.

In 8 14, Charlemagne died and his son Louis succeeded him. In the end, father and son fought against each other, brothers turned against each other, secular aristocrats rebelled, and churches and monasteries took the opportunity to occupy land. All kinds of troubles followed one after another and never stopped. After Louis' death, the eldest son Rotour succeeded to the throne. His younger brother Louis, a German, rebelled against bald Charlie, and a civil war broke out between the three kings. In 84 1 year, the two sides launched a great war in Fontnet near Oszer, and no victory or defeat was seen. In 842 AD, Louis and Charlie took the oath in Strasbourg. The two swore in goodyear (Teutonic) and Old French (Roman) respectively. This is the oldest known German and French document, with an accurate date. In 843, the three brothers concluded the treaty of verdun, which divided the empire into three parts. Louis, the king of the Eastern Franks, owns the right bank of the Rhine River and Bavaria, roughly in the west of Germany, and is a Teutonic country in terms of language and descent. Charlie is the king of the West Franks. His territory is generally in today's France. He mainly speaks Roman. Rottweiler retains the title of emperor and concurrently serves as the king of Italy, and owns the narrow Lorraine region between the north-central Italian peninsula and the east and west Franks. In 870 AD, Louis, a German, and Charlie, a bald man, signed the molson Treaty, dividing the Lorraine region between them. Treaty of verdun laid the future French, German and Italian territories.