
Why was Charles great?
September 22, 2010
26 july 2010 Charlemagne, Karl der Große, Karolus Magnus (literally Charles the Great) stood head and shoulders literally and figuratively above all his contemporaries. Seven times his own foot length in height (some said he was seven-feet tall), he continues to tower over the history of Europe. His capital, the German city of Aachen, was […]