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  • "Coin of the Moment." Letter. N.d. TS. The Fitzwilliam Museum. U  of Cambridge.

 

This site showed why Charlemagne was also inspired by the Roman empire, which created the original single European currency. Though some Eastern parts of the Roman empire had local currencies, there was one unified monetary system for the entire Roman empire.

 

  • Graves, Dan, ed. "Life of Charlemagne." Trans. Samuel Epes Turner. Christian History Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2015. <https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/study/module/charlemagne/ #toc_item3>.

 

This source informs that Charlemagne was a great military conqueror. It says how he channeled his talent into the service of the church, for in taking over most of Western Europe and a fair bit of the east, he used military force to compel all his subject peoples to become Christian.

 

  • <http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=8&sid=ea528db2-48d2-4b02-843f-a79d810dd347%40sessionmgr4002&hid=4104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=khh&AN=39012037>.

 

This source gives background information on the Holy Roman Empire.

 

 

This site helped learn how Charlemagne's rule greatly influenced Europe's push to create a unique civilization different from that of Rome or other ancient empires.

 

  • Hunt, Lynn, et al. People and Cultures. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005. Print. Vol. 1 of The Making of the West.

 

This textbook informed on the  Carolingian Renaissance, which depended on an elite staff of scholars such as Alcuin, yet it’s educational program had broader appeals.

 

 

This site gave dates and times of the land and the ones conquered between 1-500 A.D. It also gives the key points of each time. It was used to have the timings of each of his action accurately placed.

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