The Hammer and the Cross - The Story of Charlemagne

De: George Payne Rainsford James

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Charles the Great, better know by his French name Charlemagne, is the most remarkable ruler of the early Medieval period. Grandson of Charles Martel, or Charles the Hammer, and Pepin the Short, he was greatest of the great Carolingian rulers of the Franks. His reign of nearly a half-century reversed the slide toward anarchy in the West and his sponsorship of learning helped maintain the spark of culture and learning through the later Dark Ages.