Charlemagne's Renaissance
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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Charlemagne and the Monastic Benedictine Tradition
Benedict was an English Benedictine who spent most of his life between two monasteries. He marries Roman imperial administration with Christian morality. Charlemagne tried to recreate the Roman imperial structure, but he's trying to do it in a Christian context using Christian values.
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