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... Charlemagne was a fine warrior , and a strategist and tactician of genius . But what is more interesting than his many campaigns was his ... CHARLEMAGNE An equestrian statue of Charlemagne in bronze at the Musée 135 CHARLEMAGNE.
... Charlemagne was a fine warrior , and a strategist and tactician of genius . But what is more interesting than his many campaigns was his ... CHARLEMAGNE An equestrian statue of Charlemagne in bronze at the Musée 135 CHARLEMAGNE.
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... Charlemagne's inquisitive mind we should never have had the myths of Dietrich von Bern , the Ring cycle or legible and quite accurate transcripts of the great classical writers . We owe him much . The Empire which he won or accumulated ...
... Charlemagne's inquisitive mind we should never have had the myths of Dietrich von Bern , the Ring cycle or legible and quite accurate transcripts of the great classical writers . We owe him much . The Empire which he won or accumulated ...
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... Charlemagne was no sudden innovation but the continuance of the Empire founded by Augustus . They regarded Charlemagne as the sixty - eighth successor of Augustus Caesar , and as the true inheritor of Rome . To them the mighty name of ...
... Charlemagne was no sudden innovation but the continuance of the Empire founded by Augustus . They regarded Charlemagne as the sixty - eighth successor of Augustus Caesar , and as the true inheritor of Rome . To them the mighty name of ...
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The King as God | 27 |
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