787-814 - Charlemagne (11 oct. 787 – 24 janv. 814)

Description:

 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