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.
From Time Magazine Archive
And of Charles the Great Carolingian, whose Empire stretched from the Elbe to the Ebro.
From Time Magazine Archive
No land ever sent out such impassioned teachers of learning, and Charles the Great and his successors set them at the head of the chief schools throughout Europe.
From Irish Nationality by Green, Alice Stopford
The coupling of the special obligation of military service as a condition of land tenure was strengthened by the efforts of Charles the Great.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
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