Importantly, the coronation recognized Charlemagne as ruler of a Holy Roman Empire, which carried an associated ambition of outdoing the military and cultural achievements of the pagan Roman Empire.

Though Charlemagne gained no substantial territory, the coronation created a confederation that would last for a thousand years—the Holy Roman Empire. Many historians credit Charlemagne with ...

During the decades-long war in Saxony, Charlemagne's military expansion continued across other areas of Europe. In 774, his conquest of the Lombards in northern Italy resulted in his coronation there.

"Charlemagne was ill during the last three ... were specifically intended to commemorate the occasion of the emperor's coronation and therefore did not really serve as money like the other denarii ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will mark the official beginning of his ministry as successor of ...

Charlemagne’s coronation by the Pope in Rome on Christmas Day 800 effectively introduced it to the kingdoms of the former Western Roman Empire and English kings are regularly depicted wearing crowns ...

That was the moment when Charlemagne, the leader of the rising Carolingian dynasty, received the blessing of Pope Leo III for bringing together the whole of the continent, from the Atlantic to the ...

Show more “And from that moment on, he was addressed as emperor and Augustus!” The coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800 AD, is one of the landmark moments in all world history.

The second of these, in A, was written for the coronation of Charles X as King of France ... Napoleon's former marshals offered him Charlemagne's sword; and Talleyrand put on his feet the white ...