How Charlemagne's Empire Fell
- Episode aired Apr 22, 2021
- 19m
In an effort to maintain his empire after his death Charlemagne divided it between his three legitimate sons to make it easier to administer and to provided to an inheritance for each. Despi... Read allIn an effort to maintain his empire after his death Charlemagne divided it between his three legitimate sons to make it easier to administer and to provided to an inheritance for each. Despite his sons infighting the plan succeed for a time. The sons even negotiated the Treaty-of... Read allIn an effort to maintain his empire after his death Charlemagne divided it between his three legitimate sons to make it easier to administer and to provided to an inheritance for each. Despite his sons infighting the plan succeed for a time. The sons even negotiated the Treaty-of-Verdon in 843 formally dividing the kingdom between them. This division laid the ground w... Read all