Charlemagne: The First Holy Roman Emperor (742-814 C.E.)—Learn all about this famous and powerful king of France and Germany, who became the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. This Charlemagne biography workbook is 19 pages in length.
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Answer Key: 1. A - Bertha, 2. B - False, 3. E - Urals, 4. Hunald, 5. Desiderata, 6. G - Mother of Charlemagne, 7. C - Father of Bertrada; maternal grandfather of Charlemagne, 8. A - Brother of Charlemagne, 9. F - First wife of Charlemagne, 10. E - Father of Desiderata; first father-in-law of Charlemagne, 11. H - Second wife of Charlemagne, 12. B - Duke of Aquitaine, 13. D - Father of Charlemagne, 14. Gilberga, 15. Frisian, 16. Irminsule, or Hermansaule, or Pillar of Hermann, 17. A - Charlemagne, 18. Pavia, 19. B - False, 20. Saxons, 21. They lost faith in their gods, 22. Dukes, 23. Counts, 24. Missi Dominici, 25. Ibn al Arabi, 26. Answers will vary, 27. Lupo, Duke of Gascony, 28. Adern, 29. Witikind, 30. A - annihilation, 31. E - encroachments, 32. D - effectually, 33. R - turbulent, 34. F - enmity, 35. C - ecclesiastical, 36. B - blockade, 37. G - feigned, 38. N - perilous, 39. S - tyranny, 40. M - liberal, 41. K - indignant, 42. O - rebellious, 43. H - fugitives, 44. J - incursions, 45. P - repudiated, 46. Q - thither, 47. I - implore, 48. L - infer, 49. T - whither, 50. They were killed, 51. 4,000, 52. Converted them to Christianity, 53. They disapproved of Charlemagne's marriage to Fastrada, 54. Answers will vary, 55. French metallurgists made superior arms; the exportation of arms would have helped France's enemies, 56. Greek empress, Irene, 57. A cloister, 58. Avars, 59. If Charlemagne was defeated, groups such as the Saxons would rebel, 60. Answers will vary, 61. Horses, 62. Charlemagne broke up the nation and had the Saxons dispersed throughout Europe, 63. D - plundering, 64. He purged himself of the crimes by a solemn oath, 65. Christmas Day, 800 C.E., 66. Nicephorus, 67. Louis, 68. Answers will vary.
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