Mental Floss on MSN11mon
The Royal Rundown on Charlemagne’s 20 Children
Charlemagne was crowned king of the Franks in 768 and appointed the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800. He is ...
London Review of Books5mon
Rosamond McKitterick: Capetian Kings
The unbroken succession of fifteen Capetian kings began in 987 when Hugh Capet was elected to the kingship of the Franks by his fellow magnates at Senlis, replacing the Carolingian dynasty that had ...