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Charlemagne (742-814 A.D.) "Charles the Great"- Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, 800-814. "Charles the Great was one of the most imposing figures, not only of the Middle Ages, but of all history. His personality impressed itself upon the imagination of the people of the Middle Ages as that of no other man has done." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. V, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 57-59.
Hutton Webster, Ancient History (Boston, New York, Chicago: D. C. Heath, 1913) 557. (Lateran Museum, Rome- A mosaic picture, made during the lifetime of Charlemagne, and probably a fair likeness of him.)
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