Charles the Great
Americannoun
noun
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His name was French for Charles the Great.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021
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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And of Charles the Great Carolingian, whose Empire stretched from the Elbe to the Ebro.
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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
Her endeavours formed part of the literary activity by which the age of the emperor Otto the Great sought to emulate that of Charles the Great.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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