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This 5 page paper discusses the Carolingian Renaissance and Charlemagne's contribution to it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the Renaissance, brought with it a period of innovation in nearly every facet of human existence. There are many who credit one ruler for these changes: Charlemagne. Many credit his
influence and organization to the progressive movement in Europe during this time. They called this period of time, The Carolingian Renaissance. Many scholars debate this idea that one man
could have such an impact on the country, but the evidence seems to argue otherwise. One might account for the divergence between historians based on the fact that no historian
is the sole possessor of the truth. Even those who are eyewitnesses are in possession of the whole truth because they, like historians, bring to an event their own biases,
experiences and perceptions which color ones understanding of events as they happened, or may have happened. Given this, then, it is understandable how one set of historians would so vehemently
defend the Catholic Church, while the others would tend to place the church in a disparaging view. Charles the Greats, or Charlemagnes, other effects on the direction of the country
lay in his very successful domestic policies which ensured and demanded that the sons of noblemen learn to read and write. He built churches and monasteries encouraging conversion of the
conquered peoples. This, of course, was not due to piety, but rather he believed that once converted to Christianity the German pagans would stop causing trouble. The Renaissance, itself, was
a movement that was felt throughout all of Europe and so many argue that Charlemagnes efforts were but a reflection of the times and not the cause of the rebirth.
However, a monarch with as much power and influence as he had with the Pope, had to wield enormous power, power enough to shape and change the direction of the
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