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

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 ...

Charlemagne, one of history’s most powerful rulers, refused to let his daughters marry. Was he protecting his dynasty - or ...

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, ...

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 ...

A Medieval silk bag the size of a clenched fist is revealing previously little-known links between Westminster Abbey and Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor. The bag, which remains in the ...

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 isn’t called the “father of Europe” for nothing. Charlemagne’s first known partner was a Frankish noblewoman named Himiltrude. She gave birth to Charlemagne’s oldest child, a son named ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The relics of Charlemagne, long on display at a treasury in Germany, are likely the real bones of ...

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 ...

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 ...