Charlemagne
[ʃɑ:rlə'mɑ:njə]
Definition
(noun.) king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814).
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Examples
- The Franco-Germany he united was consolidated by his son Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Charlemagne brought him back and reinstated him (800). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The crown of Charlemagne, which is preserved in the imperial treasury of Vienna, is composed of eight plates of gold, four large and four small, connected by hinges. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Charlemagne, he says, was a tall man, with a rather feeble voice; and he had bright eyes and a long nose. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Peter is giving the pallium to the Pope, and a standard to Charlemagne. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Even in the time of Charlemagne this divergence of view was apparent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Haroun-al-Raschid, says Gibbon, sent Charlemagne by his ambassadors a splendid tent, a water clock, an elephant, and the keys of the Holy Sepulchre. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This Charles is known in history as Charles the Great, or Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Through Charlemagne the tradition of the Roman C?sar was revived in Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At first Byzantium was unwilling to recognize the imperial title of Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This interregnum has lasted as long as that between the fall of the Western Empire and the crowning of Charlemagne in Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The idea of the empire dawned only very gradually upon the mind of Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- More living men cherish his memory to-day than have ever heard the names of Constantine or Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Eginhard, the friend and biographer of Charlemagne, says that the new emperor was by no means pleased by this coup of Pope Leo's. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For a time he had an air of being the greatest monarch in Europe since Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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