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Make a donation and receive a gift: http://don.storiavoce.com/ Forget everything you know about Charlemagne - the flowery beard, the crown of the Holy Empire that is often adorned on his head, and even his name, because Charlemagne was not called Charlemagne. Even more surprising, the man whom France Gall accused in her song Sacré Charlemagne of having invented school did not know how to write himself. Would that have prevented him from inventing school? What archives do we have left from the reign of this monarch? Born in the 740s, Charlemagne is the son of Pepin the Short, founder of the Carolingian dynasty, and the grandson of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace. How did he manage to become emperor, when his grandfather was not even king? What was the Frankish kingdom like, over which Charlemagne reigned? What were his political plans? The author: Bruno Dumézil is a professor of medieval history at Sorbonne University, a leading specialist in the Early Middle Ages. He is the author of reference works on the period: The Baptism of Clovis. December 24, 505? (Gallimard, 2019, 320 p. €22), The Merovingian Empire, 5th – 8th Centuries (Passés Composés, 2023, 352 p., €23) Charlemagne (PUF, 2024, 228 p. €15). *** Facebook: / histoireetcivilisationsmag Instagram: / histoireetcivilisations Twitter: / storiavoce