HIST-1001 Lecture : Topic4notes
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Crossed the rhine and entered german territory to defeat the saxons: protector of pope leo iii. The word pope started about 6th century. Generally speaking, the pope was chosen among the great roman families: these families feuded with one another. Emperor and augustus, 800 ad: charlemagne shows up in rome with some of his soldiers. On christmas day was in the old st. peters praying when leo the. Iii snuck up on him, pulled out a crown, placed it on. Charlemagne"s head and crowned him emperor and augustus. After this time charlemagne used this as his title: political order, relative peace, tried to revive culture, aachen (aix-la-chappelle) His capitol and he created a school there for his warriors and their children: alcuin of york. They collected manuscripts as they found them because a lot of things had been lost. He systematized the small letters of the latin alphabet.
