Charles the Great
Americannoun
noun
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His name was French for Charles the Great.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
And of Charles the Great Carolingian, whose Empire stretched from the Elbe to the Ebro.
From Time Magazine Archive
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With a treasure-trove of antique detail, she shows that just as life under Charles the Great had been purposeful and pious, life without him was chaos.
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Desiderius, son of Telofre, began war again with Holy Church, for the which thing Charles the Great passed into Italy, and defeated him, and took away and destroyed the lordship of the Lombards.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
To all this Einhard's Life of Charles the Great stands as a notable exception.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
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