Charlemagne

5. Give three examples of Charlemagne's influence in the architecture or literature of the Early Middle Ages.

At dinner Charlemagne read books or listened to music. A book he really liked was "The City of God" written by St.Augustine. Charlemagne also took grammar lessons and other types of lessons like dialects and astronomy. He loved the Church of St.Peter and the Apostle of Rome that he gave it gold and precious stones. The art made was mostly for the monasteries. He wanted to make this church better than any other church. Most of the architecture of the time was just like Roman architecture.





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