Charlemagne (748–814) ruled a vast empire in the 8th century, uniting most of Western and Central Europe. He became a ...

She was best known for her major scholarly biography of the 8th-century Frankish king Charlemagne, King and Emperor, published in 2019, long after her formal retirement, which was chosen by both ...

Charlemagne built one of the greatest empires in world history, but less than a century after his death, it was gone. Much of what we know about the ancient world is thanks to Charlemagne. AMAZING ...

Last Tuesday (Jan. 28) marked exactly 1,200 years since Charlemagne died in A.D. 814. To commemorate the occasion, a group of scientists at the Cathedral of Aachen gave a summary of the research ...

Aachen - the city of Charlemagne. In the late 8th century, the Holy Roman emperor made Aachen his imperial residence and had the Palatine Chapel built there.

Archaeologists in England may have found the lost monastery of Queen Cynethryth, who was queen of the kingdom of Mercia during the eighth century A.D. Cynethryth, who was married to King Offa, had ...

The relics of Charlemagne, long on display at a treasury in Germany, are likely the real bones of the Frankish king, scientists say. Last Tuesday (Jan. 28) marked exactly 1,200 years since ...

The relics of Charlemagne, long on display at a treasury in Germany, are likely the real bones of the Frankish king, scientists say. Last Tuesday (Jan. 28) marked exactly 1,200 years since ...

As legend has it, a sword from God given to Roland, an 8th century military leader under Charlemagne, was so powerful that Roland’s last mission was to destroy it.