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The Carolingian Empire: Charlemagne's Legacy and the Birth of Europe
The Carolingian Empire was a vast Frankish-dominated realm in Western and Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages, ruled by the Carolingian dynasty. Founded by Charlemagne, who was crowned Roman Emperor in 800, it briefly revived the idea of a unified Christian empire in the West before fracturing into the kingdoms that would become modern France and Germany.