“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right”(Charlemagne). Charlemagne inherited the throne of the Franks alongside his brother, Carloman I, when their father Pepin the Short died. Soon after the death of Charlemagne’s father, Carloman I died under unexplained reasons, leaving Charlemagne the only ruler of the Frankish Empire. Charlemagne, known as the Father of Europe, strengthened European economic and political life, promoted the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance, and founded the Holy Roman Empire.
Charlemagne strengthened European economic and political life by establishing a common currency amongst his land. As stated in The Fitzwilliam Museum, the single currency helped to facilitate trade and the collection of taxes within the empire. Important trading partners such as the Venetians and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England also adopted Carolingian-style coins, to ease trade with the Carolingian empire, the largest power in Western Europe. Charlemagne also skillfully planned and successfully fought wars during his forty-seven-year reign. He increased the Frank kingdom so much — though it was already great and strong when he received it at his father — that more than double its former territory was added to it, stated by the Christian History Institute. Charlemagne strengthened European economic life by establishing a common currency and strengthened political life by bringing the majority of the Europe land under a central government.
Charlemagne promoted the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance. The Carolingian Renaissance was a revival of learning designed to enhance the glory of the kings, educate their officials, reform the lithurgy, and purify the faith. Quoted from the book Making of the West, “Carolingian renaissance resuscitated the learning of the past.” Scholars would study Roman imperial writers such as Suetonius and Virgil, read and commented on the works of the church fathers, and worked to establish complete and accurate texts of everything they read and prized. In Charlemagne’s biography, The Life of Charlemagne by Eginhard, he says that he paid the most devout and pious regard to the Christian religion. Charlemagne promoted the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance to rediscover immortal virtues and ideas that began to fade and obscure.
Charlemagne founded the Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire was established in 800 A.D. when Charlemagne was crowned by Pope Leo III. The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to resurrect the Western Roman Empire. According to the New World Encyclopedia, it was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the middle ages.
Charlemagne attempted to create unity and harmony within his vast realm and to support laws and promote learning that would achieve his goals of the empire.
Charlemagne, known as the Father of Europe, strengthened European economic and political life, promoted the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance, and founded the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne relates to the theme because he explored the majority of Europe, he encountered the Lombards and Spanish-Muslims, and exchanged goods as well as currency. Charlemagne showed great leadership, and his actions were proof of jis importance.