#Charlemagne was crowned king of the #Franks #OnThisDay in 768, to become the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800; some may call him the 'Father of Europe' but there's a darker side to the #PaterEuropae in his vicious campaign against the #pagan Saxons...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlem...
#Charlemagne was crowned king of the #Franks #OnThisDay in 768, to become the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800; some may call him the 'Father of Europe' but there's a darker side to the #PaterEuropae in his vicious campaign against the #pagan Saxons; it's even been suggested by some that the Vikings began their raids on Europe in part out of response to Charlemagne's forced Christianization of the Saxons during the course of which he committed what today we would call 'war crimes'; in any case, whether hero or villain (or maybe a bit of both), Karl der Große is one of the most important figures in European #history... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
#Charlemagne was crowned king of the #Franks #OnThisDay in 768, to become the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800; some may call him the 'Father of Europe' but there's a darker side to the #PaterEuropae in Karl der Große's vicious campaign against the #pagan Saxons...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlem...
