Who is Charles Martel? When you ask someone that question the most common response is “I do not know.” I would have answered the same way if I had been asked the same question a little more than 4 months before now. He is one of the unknown heroes; one of the men throughout history who made a huge difference in the way events played out but who does not receive any recognition from people alive today. He was very important in stopping the crusades being made by the Muslims during the early 8th century
Throughout history, many decisive battles have been fought that have drastically changed the course of our world history. Arguably, one of the most important battles fought was the Battle of Tours on October 10, 732, between the Franks, led by Charles Martel, and the Muslim army, led by Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi Abd al Rahman. Due to his brilliant tactical strategy and the fierce loyalty of his army, Charles Martel halted the push of the Muslim invasion of present day Spain and France. The
made for the empire to be divided between two of King Pepin’s sons. Charlemagne and Carloman. Charlemagne was given Pepin’s first share as mayor which is the outer parts of the kingdom which bordered the sea. These places are the northern parts of Austrasia and western Aquitaine. As for Carloman, he got his uncle’s share which is the inner parts. The Inner parts consist of southern australia, eastern aquitaine, burgundy, septimania, swabia, provence, and lands bordering italy. Over three years, Charlemagne
The Eastern part of the Roman Empire held imperial power headed by the city Byzantium later renamed Constantinople after the emperor Constantine (316). It remained the capital until Charlemagne revived the Western Empire (316). Between 324 and 330, “the Byzantine Empire passed from an early period of expansion and splendor to a time of sustained contradiction and splintering and, finally, catastrophic defeat” (316). The first period; between 324 and 632, of Byzantine history experienced great successes
Western Europe. His sphere of influence ranged from the Spanish Marches, a part of Spain he ruled, to Obotrite territory, now modern-day German regions of Mecklenburg and Holstein. The people he directly ruled over lived in the regions of Neustria, Austrasia, Swabia, Thuringia, Aquitaine, Burgundy, Gascony, Provence, Septimania, Carinthia, Bavaria, Lombardy, Frisia, Saxony, Thuringia, the Breton March, and the Spanish March.
Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation The imperial coronation of Charlemagne has been a source of dispute between scholars of this era for a period of time, perhaps due to the fact that the sources available are often biased and the historical information, often vague. Historians have argued that perhaps it had been Charlemagne himself who instigated the coronation possibly as a means to consolidate his power and place himself and the Frankish empire on a par with the model in place in the Byzantine