Charlemagne: Conqueror and Christian

Charlemagne, meaning Charles the Great, was born to Pepin the Short in 742. His grandfather and father conquered much of modern day France and Germany and like his ancestors, Charlemagne was a great warrior. To his inherited domain of France and Germany, Charlemagne added Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands, along with parts of Austria and Spain. Due to his excellent organizational skills, where every aspect of the battle would be planned his large army moved over enormous expanses of...