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.
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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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Charles the Great forbade the export of byrnies from his dominions.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
The saying expresses the Ghibelline view of the relation of the Empire to the Pope; it may have originated with the coronation of Charles the Great.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
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