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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charlemagne
		Hunald, however, was vanquished by Charles single-handed; he was betrayed by a nephew with whom he had sought refuge, was sent to Rome to answer for the violation of his monastic vows, and at last, after once more breaking cloister, was stoned to death by the Lombards of Pavia.
		In the spring of 773 Charles summoned the whole military strength of the Franks for a great invasion of Lombardy.
		But Pepin and Charles pre-deceased the emperor, and in 813 the magnates of the empire did homage at Aachen to Louis the Pious as King of the Franks, and future sole ruler of the great imperial state.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03610c.htm (7036 words)

	PIPPIN AND CHARLES THE GREAT
		His secretary Einhard says that Charles had such an aversion to the pope's action at this time that he declared he would not have set foot in the church the day that he was crowned emperor, although it was a great feast, if he had foreseen the design of the pope.
		The rule that each free man must serve in the army was also a great hardship for the poor, as they were not only required to furnish their own equipment, food for three months and arms and clothing for half a year, but also frequently had to neglect their farms during the entire agricultural season.
		Charles in a general admonition ordered that all the books used in the church service should be carefully written by men of mature age, because some often desired to pray to God properly, but prayed badly because of the incorrect books.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Munro05.html (3600 words)

	Charlemagne, Charles the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles early acknowledged the close connection between temporal power and the church; he had a high regard for the church and the king's duty to spread the Christian faith and, while asserting royal suzerainty over the church, considered himself accountable to God for the Christians entrusted to him.
		Charles had fought the pagan Saxons, in what is now Lower Saxony and Westphalia, in retribution for their attacks on the lower Rhine region, as early as 772, before the first Italian campaign.
		Charles paid a second visit to Rome in 781, when he had the Pope crown his young sons Pepin and Louis as kings of the Lombards and Aquitanians and gained de facto recognition of his Italian position from the Byzantine empress Irene, the mother of Constantine VI.
	www.mathematical.com /charlemagne.html (3498 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Einhard: Life of Charlemagne
		Charles the Great] is the most discussed political leader of the 8th and 9th centuries.
		[Charles' Appearance.] Charles was large and strong, and of lofty stature, though not disproportionately tall (his height is well known to have been seven times the length of his foot); the upper part of his head was round, his eyes very large and animated, nose a little long, hair fair, and face laughing and merry.
		On great feast-days he made use of embroidered clothes, and shoes bedecked with precious stones; his cloak was fastened by a golden buckle, and he appeared crowned with a diadem of gold and gems: but on other days his dress varied little from the common dress of the people.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/einhard1.html (1404 words)

	CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES T... - Online Information article about CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES T...
		Charles, who was doubtless intended to be king of the Franks.
		However doubtful such conjectures concerning his intentions may be, it is certain that immediately after his coronation Charles sought to establish friendly relations with Constantinople, and even suggested a marriage between himself and Irene, as he had again become a widower in 800.
		rites, took great pains to secure decorum in the services of the church, and was generous in almsgiving both within his empire and without.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAU_CHA/CHARLEMAGNE_CHARLES_THE_GREAT_c.html (5160 words)

	PIPIN AND CHARLES THE GREAT - Historicist.com The Protestant Interpretation of Biblical Prophecy. The Historical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles was really a great man, although he had very serious faults, and did many blameable things.
		The Saxons gave Charles a great deal of trouble, for his war with them lasted no less than thirty-three years; and at one time he was so much provoked by their frequent revolts that he had the cruelty to put 4,500 Saxon prisoners to death.
		Charles himself tried very hard to learn reading and writing when he was already in middle age; but although he became able to read, and used to keep little tablets under his pillow, in order that he might practise writing while lying awake in bed, he never was able to write easily.
	www.historicist.com /churchhistory/2chap4.htm (933 words)

	Charlemagne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles was large and strong, and of lofty stature, though not disproportionately tall (his height is well known to have been seven times the length of his foot); the upper part of his head was round, his eyes very large and animated, nose a little long, hair fair, and face laughing and merry.
		Charles was preoccupied until 790 with other things, but in that year, he marched down the Danube into their territory and ravaged it to the Raab.
		One of the great medieval literary cycles, the Charlemagne cycle or the Matter of France, centres on the deeds of Charlemagne and his historical commander of the border with Brittany, Roland, and the paladins who are analogous to the knights of the Round Table or King Arthur's court.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_the_Great (7629 words)

	Pipin and Charles the Great - Sketches of Church History
		Alcuin was made master of the palace school, which moved about wherever the court was, and in which the pupils were Charles's own children and the sons of his chief nobles; and besides this, care was taken for the education of the clergy and of the people in general.
		Charles mself tried very hard to learn reading and writing when he was already in middle age; but although he became able to read, and used to keep little tablets under his pillow, in order that he might practice writing while lying awake in bed, he never was able to write easily.
		A short time before his death, he sent for his son Lewis, and in the great church at Aix-la-Chapelle, which was Charles's favourite place of abode, he took from the altar a golden crown, and with his own hands placed it on the head of Lewis.
	bible.christiansunite.com /sch/sch02-04.shtml (937 words)

	Charles the Great - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles the Great Frankish king, emperor of the West: see Charlemagne.
		Charles Saatchi amassed and lost two great collections of contemporary art making a fortune in the process.
		For years it was believed that Charles Dickens used his own miserable childhood as inspiration for one of his greatest novels.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-charlesgt.html (408 words)

	Free Essay Charlemagne / Charles the Great Biography
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		Charlemagne is also known as “Charles the Great.” He was the most famous ruler in the Middle Ages.
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	Charles the Great — Infoplease.com
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	Ansegis Descendants - ansg06.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Charlemagne Charles theGreat (King of Franks Pepin The Short, Charles Martel, Duke Pepin, Mayor of Palace of Austrasia Ansegis, Bishop of Metz) was born on 2 Apr 742 in Ingleheim, Germany.
		Charles was employed as King Of Franks, Emperor Of The West.
		Louis The Pious Emperor of the West was born in Aug 778 in Chasseneuil, Near Poitiers, Aquitaine.
	genealogy.ucan.us /ansegis/ansg06.htm (139 words)

	charles the great - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
		HEAD OF CHARLES THE GREAT 231 From a seal...Quarrel between Charles the Great and Offa of Mercia...
		2 Charles Darwin of...same joy at the excavation...ranks as a great scholar of...
		Charles Kimball remarks in the opening lines of his book...Progressive clergy played a large, pivotal role in turning the Great War into a "War for Righteousness" worthy of American...
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	Mediaeval Tales: History of Charles the Great and Orlando
		Charles therefore prepared for battle; but desiring to know who should perish in it, he entreated the Lord to show him; whereupon in the morning a red cross appeared on their shoulders behind.
		Charles would have flown to his succour, but was prevented by Ganalon, who, conscious of Orlando’s sufferings, insinuated it was usual with him to sound his horn on light occasions.
		Charles solemnly vowed to pursue the Pagans till he found them; and, marching in pursuit with his whole army, the sun stood still for three days, till he overtook them on the banks of the Ebro, near Saragossa, feasting and rejoicing for their success.
	www.kellscraft.com /MediaevalTales/MediaevalTales01.html (8812 words)

	The Great Schism
		He treated the legates with great deference, inviting them to preside at a council in Constantinople, which was to settle the issue between Ignatius and himself.
		Nicolas was a great reforming Pope, with an exalted idea of the prerogatives of his see, and he had already done much to establish an absolute power over all bishops in the west.
		Photius has often been blamed for writing this letter: even the great Roman Catholic historian Francis Dvornik who is in general highly sympathetic to Photius, calls his action on this occasion a futile attack, and says 'the lapse was inconsiderate, hasty, and big with fatal consequences'.
	www.stpaulsirvine.org /html/TheGreatSchism.htm (6211 words)

	Charlemagne \| King of the Franks \| Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
		Charlemagne (English: Charles the Great, Dutch: Karel de Grote, German: Karl der Grosse, Latin: Carolus Magnus) was born on April 2, 742 in Northern Europe.
		Charles was the eldest son of Pippin III and Bertrada of Laon.
		As is often the case, people considered great by historians are great killers as well.
	www2.lucidcafe.com /lucidcafe/library/96apr/charlemagne.html (827 words)

	Charles Darwin - The Great Unknown, The Great Explorers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles Darwin - The Great Unknown, The Great Explorers
		Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England.
		He was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution.
	www.phfawcettsweb.org /darwin.htm (394 words)

	The Great Awakening
		John (the great preacher) and Charles (the great hymn-writer) Wesley were also members of this club.
		Another problem was the fact that the Great Awakening in America was primarily the result of the zealous labors of certain godly men whom the Lord raised up and used in a mighty way.
		The great emphasis of Edwards and Whitefield was on conversion.
	www.middletownbiblechurch.org /greateve/greate12.htm (2131 words)

	Amazon.ca: Charles Munch Great Conductor: Music: Charles Munch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I had the great good fortune to be a student in Boston during some of Munch's years with the BSO.
		It's sad that the "Great Conductors of the 20th Century" reissue series has not gotten more notice on Amazon.com and in other places, because it has my vote for the best reissue program thus far of the 21st Century.
		Whether you are a serious collector of classical music or a beginner, the "Great Conductors of the 20th Century" has something for everyone.
	www.amazon.ca /Charles-Munch-Great-Conductor/dp/B00006IGIO (1871 words)

	Charlemagne "Charles the Great" "King of the Franks"
		[A] England is about to lose one of the last traces of the Emperor Charles the Great, Charlemagne, for it was he who established the system of reckoning in pounds, shillings and pence.
		He will also be remembered as the white-haired old king in the Song of Roland; but he was neither an economist nor the rather feckless character of the Song, being rather one of the ideal examples in European history of the man of action, a type that always spells danger.
		Europe was to be divided, with disastrous results; but nonetheless people remembered the achievement of Charlemagne through the long terrible years of war and the terrible attacks from the Norsemen.
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	Amazon.com: The Great Concert of Charles Mingus: Music: Charles Mingus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus ~ Charles Mingus
		The guy has such a soulful sound, was technically superb, took great pride in his ensemble work and was a wonderful soloist.
		This aptly named CD is the first complete issue of this great concert in Paris on April 19, 1964.
	www.amazon.com /Great-Concert-Charles-Mingus/dp/B0000AKNJL (2612 words)

	INVENTORY AT AN ESTATE OF CHARLES THE GREAT
		Note: This estate inventory is an example of one of the results of the central supervision, under Charles, of the royal demesne [the lord's own land, farmed by the tenants], the sort of supervision suggested by Charles's famous capitulary "de villis", which asks the sort of questions that this inventory answers.
		domain buildings: "Attached to the royal villa, in the center of which stood the palace or manse, were numerous dependent and humbler dwellings, occupied by mechanics, artisans and tradesmen, or rather manufacturers and craftsmen, in great numbers.
		The villa was a city in embryo, and in due course it grew into one, for as it supplied in many respects the wants of the surrounding country, so it attracted population and became a center of commerce."-- Jacob I. Mombert, Charles the Great (New York, 1888), pp.
	medieval.ucdavis.edu /20A/Villa.html (771 words)

	Book Review: "Charles Spurgeon: The Great Orator." (The Prayer Foundation)
		A great Tabernacle was once built for a great preacher.
		The great orator and preacher continued filling the pews until his death thirty years later, while also founding there a pastor's college and an orphanage, which both still exist.
		Charles Haddon Spurgeon remains a role model for seminarians and seasoned pastors alike, and an imagined fiery presence in the pulpit through his inspired writings.
	prayerfoundation.org /books/book_review_heroes_charles_spurgeon.htm (297 words)

	The Great Schism: The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom
		The Great Schism: The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom
		One summer afternoon in the year 1054, as a service was about to begin in the Church of the Holy Wisdom' (Hagia Sophia) at Constantinople, Cardinal Humbert and two other legates of the Pope entered the building and made their way up to the sanctuary.
		It is this incident which has conventionally been taken to mark the beginning of the great schism between the Orthodox east and the Latin west.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /general/greatschism.aspx (6257 words)

	Great Learning
		The way of great learning consists in manifesting one's bright virtue, consists in loving the people, consists in stopping in perfect goodness.
		To love that which the people hate, and hate that which the people love: this is to ignore human nature, and you are sure to bring great harm to yourself.
		Therefore the ruler attains the Great Way through loyalty and trust, and loses it with pride and arrogance.
	www.hm.tyg.jp /~acmuller/contao/greatlearning.htm (2361 words)

	Charles Mingus \| The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
		The aptly titled The Great Concert of Charles Mingus is an April '64 Paris performance by one of the bassist's all-time great bands.
		Featuring Eric Dolphy on reeds and flute, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Jaki Byard on piano, and Dannie Richmond on drums, this two-disc set is the definitive, track-by-track performance of the concert.
		An all around remarkable jazz document, The Great Concert of Charles Mingus is one of last year's better reissues.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=16611 (543 words)

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		Murphy's Law (1986) is a Golan-Globus actioner starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a divorced police detective with a drinking problem and an attitude.
		Accompanying each entry's plot synopsis and discussion is a survey of the critical responses to the work.
		The great Charles Laughton once said Bronson "has the strongest face in the business, and he is...
	www.lycos.com /info/charles-bronson--great-escape.html (300 words)

	SoundClick artist: Charles The Great - Old School, New School, Hardcore Rap, battle, freestyle, Alternative Hip Hop, ...
		He was born on the same day as the late great Tupac Shakur.
		He then told me my name should be "Charles The Great" and it stuck with me ever since.
		Yes I've performed in Columbus at their block party in front of 7,000 people, in Toronto at Caribana in front of 20,000 and all over the midwest but mostly Cleveland.
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