Charlemagne's accomplishments?

Question

that helped shape society

Answer 1

Thanks to him, we don't pray to Mecca each day.

Answer 2

In AD 722, in response to an appeal from Pope Adrian I for help against the Lombards, Charlemagne invaded Italy, deposed the Lombard king, and assumed his royal title. He then proceeded to Rome where he reaffirmed his father’s promise to protect the papal lands. Energized by his success in Italy, Charlemagne embarked upon a campaign to conquer and Christianize the Saxons who had been raiding his lands. His campaign to Christianize the Saxons at sword point lasted 30 years, during which time, Charlemagne managed to extend his holdings by wrestling Hungary and Austria from the Avars. By the end of the 8th century, Charlemagne had built up an empire in Europe. It remained only for him to be given the title of “Emperor.”
Ever since the decline of the political prestige and influence of the Byzantine Empire, and the increasing alienation of the Church in Rome from Constantinople, the papacy nourished the dream of a revived Empire of the West. It seemed to have been decided to confer imperial status on the then dominant power in the West - Charlemagne, who, along with his forbears, had demonstrated fidelity to the Church.
Accordingly, on Christmas Day, AD 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne “Emperor of the West.” This act established both a political structure and a precedent that were destined to figure decisively in the affairs of Europe in the following centuries.
Charlemagne deserves to be called “great” because at a time when Europe was steeped in barbarism, ignorance and crude paganism, he was able to secure for his people (1) law and order; (2) civilization; and (3) Christianity. Charlemagne’s life has been held up as a model for later kings to emulate, not only because he placed his immense power and prestige at the service of the Church, but also because he embodied the fusion of Germanic, Roman and Christian culture that became the basis of European civilization.

Answer 3

not sure if he shaped society. but he made some reforms.

"It was after he had received the imperial name that, finding the laws of his people very defective (the Franks have two sets of laws, very different in many particulars), he determined to add what was wanting, to reconcile the discrepancies, and to correct what was vicious and wrongly cited in them. However, he went no further in this matter than to supplement the laws by a few capitularies, and those imperfect ones; but he caused the unwritten laws of all the tribes that came under his rule to be compiled and reduced to writing . He also had the old rude songs that celeate the deeds and wars of the ancient kings written out for transmission to posterity. He began a grammar of his native language. He gave the months names in his own tongue, in place of the Latin and barbarous names by which they were formerly known among the Franks. He likewise designated the winds by twelve appropriate names; there were hardly more than four distinctive ones in use before. He called January, Wintarmanoth; February, Hornung; March, Lentzinmanoth; April, Ostarmanoth; May, Winnemanoth; June, Brachmanoth; July, Heuvimanoth; August, Aranmanoth; September, Witumanoth; October, Windumemanoth; Novemher, Herbistmanoth; December, Heilagmanoth." Medieval Sourcebook

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.html

Answer 4

A few of Charlemagne's accomplishments include establishing the Missi Dominici, men who went out to check roads, listen to grievances, and distribute justice. Another of his accomplishments was founding a school at the city of Aachen because he realized that in order have an effective government you must have men at the helm who are able to read, write, and process.

Answer 5

what?