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Coronation of Charlemagne, 800 CE [Visualised]

Charlemagne (742–814) became one of the most powerful rulers of the early Middle Ages. As King of the Franks and later Emperor, he conquered vast territories across Western and Central Europe, bringing much of the continent under his rule. In 800 AD, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans in Rome, reviving the idea of a Western Roman Empire under a Christian ruler. His reign also saw major efforts to promote education, religion, administration and cultural learning in what became

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