Charlemagne Father of the Continent. The Ideology of the European Christian Empire
Fabian Istvan
The aim of this paper is to deal with the aspects concerning so called “European ideology” Charles Great, and reveal social, economic, religious “Christian Empire”. Did ever Great had such a modern European ideology or it just about forced modernization his ideas. truth that although Frank leader was an exquisite ruler he nothing more than medieval king who reigned through force diplomacy. first state, which managed accomplish permanent administrative system on territory, Roman Empire. Having its center in Italy Romans tried, succeeded, creating continental wide union. line Danube, Greece, Egypt, British Islands Germany represented borders “Europe”. Much later, integration western part Europe realized by state. nucleus Union contemporary us set up territorial unit early Middle Ages. From very beginning, we must specify fact historiographies both founder nations E.U.; respectively French Germans, for 150 years searched their roots Carolingian In period national ideals found resources historic past, evolution Empire considered as “personal” nations. history unity Frank-GallicRoman population spring nation. On other hand, German remembered nostalgia VIII-IX centuries, Charlemagne being emperor, unification Germanic peoples created basis Holy Roman-German Only arrival XX century made possible “reconciliation” between Empires sides, Carl der Grosse Germans Charlemagne. historiography, passes over influences, no longer parent only French/ nation, but new order. Today Western widely accepted “beginnings 1 Papp Imre,A Europa Szűletese. A Karoling Birodalom es Europa, Historia, III, 1997,p.8
Apulum: Arheologie. Istorie. Etnografie