... axes which they had thrown. (Chamberlin, 25-27) The first conquest of Charlemagne was the Aquitanian war. This war had been started by his father Pepin. Charlemagne asked the help of his brother Carloman before the latter died. Charlemagne undertook this war with vigor and intensity. Although his brother withheld ... the help he had promised Charlemagne finished the war his father had begun. (Chamberlin, 62) The next military under taking that Charlemagne entered into was the Lombard war. The bishop of Rome (The Pope) asked ... and parts of what is to day Germany. He expanded the kingdo...

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Pepin the short, Charlemagne father, was King of the Franks and annoited by the pope as divine leader. During his rule Pepin deported the Lombards from Rome. He pillaged their right to live in Rome. ... his army into Spain to battle the infidel Sarcens. In 800 Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne the new Roman emperor which sanctified the kingdom. Charlemagne was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He worked to strengthen the empire. He had local officials called counts to help him. Counts solved local problems, stopped feuds, protected the weak, and raised armies. Every ... it had been rul...

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