Today's installment concludes Charlemagne,our selection from A Popular History of France from the EarliestTimes, Volume 1 by François P.G. Guizot

He really loved sciences, literature, and such studies as were then possible, and he cultivated them on his own account and for his own

Charlemagne had too much need of their services to fear their criticisms and they, on their part, were more anxious to second his efforts.Continuing

When an attempt is made to classify these laws according to their object, it is impossible not to be struck with their incoherent variety.Continuing

There is need of no great reflection to recognize the true character of these assemblies.Continuing Charlemagne,our selection from A Popular

A distinction must be drawn between the local and central governments.Continuing Charlemagne,our selection from A Popular History of France from

At the moment when, in his place before the altar, he was bowing down to pray, Pope Leo placed on his head a crown, and all the Roman people

The center of the dominion was no longer in ancient Gaul; he had transferred it to a point not far from the Rhine, in the midst and within reach of