What role did Charlemagne play in the expansion of the Christian world?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Charlemagne
1. he proclaimed himself successor of the ancient Roman emperor
2. affected what he thought was imperial Roman taste
B. Role in the expansion of the Christian world
1. brought the lands of the Frankish realm to expand Roman frontiers
2. conquest of Saxony
a. first annexation of a large new province in Europe by a self-consciously "Roman" Empire since the second century
b. enduring nature of this conquest
1. parade ground of Christendom, converted from an insecure frontier into an imperial heartland
3. encouraged expansion on other frontiers
a. Mojmir I established a Slav state patterned on Charlemagne's monarchy
b. Bulgar Tsar Boris decided to accept Christianity and impose it on his people
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