For example, " Charlemagne ruled for over forty years, often traveling 2,000 miles a year on campaigns of plunder and conquest".3 Charlemagne's empire never grew to be too large and although his empire seems less impressive when compared to that of Islamic rulers it was Charlemagne's empire that was pivotal in spreading christianity in western Europe. ... In Ethiopia christianity not only affected spiritual life but it also shaped social life and intellectual life, including literature and arts. ... In Charlemagne's empire christianity affected the peoples lives in ...

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Political unity was nearly impossible, with only Charlemagne's Frankish empire ever even getting close. ... Peter the Apostle and was a devoted catholic (Blackboard, Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne, pg. 56). Charlemagne used support from the Church in the division of sub-districts headed by nobles. He converted to Catholicism at a very early point in his life to garnish support and further cement his right to rule. ... It was the main source of agricultural and economic growth (Bentley and Ziegler, Life on an Early Medieval Manor", 448). ...

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