what was Charlemagne strengths?

Answer 1

Many people probably have an image of the Medieval Church, of its hierarchy, the Papacy, the Bishops, the wealth and power of the Church - that is, the institutions that comprise the Medieval Church, and of its weaknesses and corruption, as well as, possibly, some of its strengths, although people know less of those. This article is basically an attempt to explain “how the medieval church got that way” – how it became "the Medieval Church".


By his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define Western Europe and the Middle Ages. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of the arts and education in the West.

The son of King Pepin the Younger and Bertrada of Laon, he succeeded his father and co-ruled with his brother Carloman until the latter's death in 771. Charlemagne continued the policy of his father towards the papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power in Italy, and waging war on the Saracens who menaced his realm from Spain. It was during one of these campaigns that he experienced the worst defeat of his life at Roncesvalles He also campaigned against the peoples to his east, especially the Saxons, and after a protracted war subjected them to his rule. By converting them to Christianity, he integrated them into his realm and thus paved the way for the later Ottonian Dynasty.

Today regarded as the founding father of both France and Germany and sometimes as the Father of Europe, as he was the first ruler of a united Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire