While Civilization 7 has many viable leaders for a Military Victory, Charlemagne ranks among the most powerful. He can amass ...

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Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7 th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne’s Francia a century later, new tests reveal ...

The city of Aachen (Germany) bestowed upon Pope John Paul II an extraordinary edition of the International Charlemagne Award, a prestigious award given annually by the city for distinguished service ...

Once heir to Charlemagne’s empire, Charles the Fat ruled not with a sword, but with indecision and indulgence. His gluttony and weakness marked the final chapter of a once-mighty dynasty. Baroness ...

In The Claremont Review of Books, Christopher Caldwell traces the rise of modern environmentalism: “The novelist Nathaniel Rich, in a new history, Losing Earth, has focused on the late Cold War ...

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt writing part of a new Torah scroll in the Western Wall tunnels, May 21, 2014. The board of directors of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, the oldest and ...