December 4 has always been a day marked by significant milestones across the globe, touching on advancements in technology, ...

Between 768 and 814 CE, Charlemagne—also known as Karl or Charles the Great—ruled an empire that spanned most of Western Europe. After years of relentless warfare, he presided over present-day France, ...

The relics of Charlemagne, long on display at a treasury in Germany, are likely the real bones of the Frankish king, scientists say. Last Tuesday (Jan. 28) marked exactly 1,200 years since Charlemagne ...

Towering over the World War I battlefield at Verdun, a giant statue of Charlemagne—the Frankish king crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, 800 AD—rests its arms on a mighty broadsword ...

As he received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize Friday, Pope Francis laid out his vision for a renewed European continent in what could easily be his own version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ...

WHAT better way for a new columnist to begin writing Charlemagne than to draw inspiration from Karolus Magnus himself? My first outing, then, is to Aachen, the closest thing that the peripatetic ...

Charlemagne is a powerful militaristic leader in Civilization 7. He receives a lot of bonus Happiness, a consistent way to ...

The answer is at the bottom of this post. But first, a story. It's from my friend Jack Hitt, who says that when he was 17 he was fascinated by ancestors. In particular, his own. He wondered if he was ...

The Ottawa Catholic School Board is preparing to close the Charlemagne EarlyON centre at St. Peter High School later this ...

A marvelously abundant, even overstuffed installation by artist and composer Charlemagne Palestine fills an industrial warehouse space with tons of plush comfort, kaleidoscopic color and rhythmic ...