Charlemagne: Birth Story, Family, Reign, & Achievements
Widely known as the “Father of Europe”, Charlemagne was the famous king of the Franks who ruled from 768 until his death in 814. This eight-century monarch’s fame remains very...
Tagged: Medieval Europe
The Black Death: Plague, Symptoms, Death Toll, & Other Major Facts
The Black Death was a terrible bubonic plague that decimated 14th century Europe, as well as other parts of Asia, causing a great chunk of the population to shrink within...