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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We can affirm with greater certainty that he was connected with the Elisei who took part in the building of Florence under Charles the Great.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
It seems most probable that the actual cause of their sudden activity was the conquest of the Saxons by Charles the Great, and his subsequent advance into the peninsula of Denmark.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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