Discuss Charlemagne's contributions to the development of European culture.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- Carlemagne brought one pagan tribe after another to submission, forcing them to give up their brand of Christianity and submit to Rome's Nicene Creed.
- Charlemagne's military was considered legendary, tales of his exploits circulated throughout Europe in cycles of poems, like Song of Roland, sung by jongleurs, professional entertainers or minstrels who moved from court to court and performed chansons de geste (songs of heroic deeds).
- He imposed the Rule of Saint Benedict on all monasteries.
- He created a curriculum to promote literacy that could be disseminated throughout the Carolingian Empire, and established a unified system of basic education for children.
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