In 834, Louis made Hugh the archchancellor, a kind of executive administrator, of the Frankish empire. The son of Charlemagne ...

Vicious family feuds, destabilizing coups, and brutal violence were the reigning values of the ninth-century Frankish Empire, according to this intricate account. Historians Gabriele and Perry ...

She has a mastery over her narrative so that we believe in and delight in this implausible story about a woman, a non-person, ...

Barbarian peoples—Swabians, Vandals, Alans, Visigoths, Franks, and Burgundians—cross the border into the Western Roman Empire to settle. At times they put themselves at the service of Rome.

Around 800, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, had created an empire that covered most of western Europe, including northern Italy, western Germany and modern France. This was the largest state that ...

On Christmas Day in the year 800, the Pope crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans. At Charles’ side were his daughters, ...

Along the Indian coast, a new curse would emerge around that time among the locals: “May the wrath of the Franks [Portuguese ... of India or Portugal’s Empire in the East.

From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk ...

Against this new form of warfare the Franks and Anglo-Saxons had little defence. Two areas of the Carolingian empire came under attack at this time: Frisia, where the culprits were Danes, making their ...

He also occasionally leads travel courses to Europe during the May Term. Chandler’s book on the Carolingian Spanish March focuses on the period of 778-814 when the Frankish empire of Charlemagne and ...

This island is mountainous, with a variety of hiking trails and landscapes as well as stunning beaches that can be enjoyed ...

Or Frankish Culture Must Be A Duke, Duchess, Or Lower The Kingdom of Switzerland is quite an odd kingdom to form as players must be part of an empire and cannot have any title which is higher than ...