787-814 - Charlemagne (11 oct 787 año – 24 ene 814 año)

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 Archetypal “ideal king”
 Chivalric romances were written about him
 He is Charles Martel’s grandson and Charlemagne inherits the throne
 Principle individual involved in creating Carolingian
• European counterweight to the Byzantine Empire
 Instituted legal and cultural reforms
• He did it himself until he couldn’t
• Imported scholars and important people to reform education
• Systematized Latin into a scholarly written language
• Reformed handwriting

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