... are not documented, his place of birth remains unknown. It is known, however, that Charlemagne was of German blood and speech. Charlemagne loved books, and through them mastered Latin and Greek. In 771, his brother Carloman died, deeming Charlemagne, at age twenty nine, the sole ruler of the Franks. Two years later, he received an urgent appeal for aid against the ... so citizens could familiarize with the newly imposed importance of education in an accustomed setting (Almedingen 221). Charlemagne awakened in his subjects a new curiosity in the fields of art, literature, mathematics, an...

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