Channel: Real Crusades History

Category: Education

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Description: In this documentary, we ask why did Charlemagne, ruler of the Frankish Empire and founder of the Holy Roman Empire, refuse to allow his daughters to marry? If they’d gotten married, they would’ve had to have done something that he did not want them to do. What does this tell us about women in the Middle Ages? Charlemagne's history is remarkable. He was rival to the Byzantine Empire, and his reign as King of the Franks and Emperor of the West came to define the western medieval world. Charlemagne doted on his daughters. The court poet Angilbert gives a striking description of Charlemange’s daughters: There was Rotrud, Charlemagne’s favorite, her pale blonde hair intertwined with ribbons of violet and strings of pearls, a coronet of gold circling her head. Next came the lovely Bertha, wearing a golden diadem, with golden filaments sparkling in her gleaming hair, her snowy shoulders covered by an ermine wrap, her belt shining in many colors. Then there was lily-white Gisla, appareled in a purple gown shot through with tints of mauve, her face, her hair gleaming with many lights. Even the teenaged Theotrade was clad in rare emeralds adorning her lovely neck. Learn about Charlemagne's rise to power in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=ugqUrdzBoj0 Learn more about the Knights of the Cross project: knightsofthecross.com Get my book about the Crusades: amazon.com/Why-Does-Heathen-Rage-Crusades/dp/152395762X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461105827&sr=8-1&keywords=why+does+the+heathen+rage Support my work on Patreon: patreon.com/RealCrusadesHistory The song from the end of the video is "Rest Your Head" by Roman Lion: youtube.com/watch?v=Y5SS_70-tzI Sources: -Barraclough, Geoffrey - The Crucible of Europe: The Ninth and Tenth Centuries in European History, (University of California, 1976) -Collins, Roger - Charlemagne, (University of Toronto, 1998) -Ferguson, Robert - The Vikings, (Penguin, 2010) -Nelson, Janet - King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne, (University of California, 2019) -Thorndike, Lynn - The History of Medieval Europe: from the Fall of Rome to the Italian Renaissance, (Houghton Mifflin, 1917) -Einhard and Notker the Stammerer - Two Lives of Charlemagne (Penguin Classics, 2008) -Winston, Richard - Charlemagne, (Horizon, 2016) Thumbnail image by Haley Castel Branco, created specially by her for this video. Byzantine empire documentary Charlemagne history #Charlemagne #MedievalHistory #HolyRomanEmpire