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    The rich iconography of Charlemagne is a reflection of Charlemagne's special position in Europe's collective memory, as the greatest of the Frankish kings...
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    Bust of Charlemagne (de: Karlsbüste) is a reliquary from around 1350 which contains the top part of Charlemagne's skull. The reliquary is part of the treasure...
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    from Charlemagne's arch-foe Saxony, Ottonians still linked their dynasty to the Carolingians, through direct and indirect means. Further iconography of Charlemagne...
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    statues in France Statue of Charlemagne (Liège) Iconography of Charlemagne Dominique Perchet (17 January 2012). "Monument à Charlemagne et ses leudes – Paris...
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    Charlemagne (/ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn/ SHAR-lə-mayn, -⁠MAYN; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from...
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    The Coronation of Charlemagne is a painting by the workshop of the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. Though it is believed that Raphael did make the...
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    (1686–1754). It stands to the left of the portico of St Peter's Basilica. [citation needed] Iconography of Charlemagne Stobaugh, James P. (2014). Studies...
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    of head Equestrian statue of Charlemagne (Cornacchini) Alte Brücke (Frankfurt) Statue of Charlemagne (Liège) Charlemagne et ses Leudes Iconography of...
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    Chinese knight-errant Don Quixote Iconography of Charlemagne Irish mythology: Ulster cycle, Fenian cycle, and Cycles of the Kings Heroic fantasy Medievalism...
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    number OA 8260). Iconography of Charlemagne Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carolignian-era bronze equestrian statuette of Charlemagne or Charles the...
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    Renaissance was the first of three medieval renaissances, a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire. Charlemagne's reign led to an intellectual...
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    Nine Worthies (category Cultural depictions of Charlemagne)
    Carmarthen, Pembroke, Nottingham, Marlborough, and Lowther. Iconography of Charlemagne Seven Champions of Christendom Virtuous pagan Larousse Dictionnaire de...
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    of Charlemagne (Aachen) Equestrian statue of Charlemagne (Cornacchini) Alte Brücke (Frankfurt) Charlemagne et ses Leudes Iconography of Charlemagne André...
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    scepter of Charles V, also known in the early modern period as scepter of Charlemagne, is one of the most prominent preserved regalia of the Kingdom of France...
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    deaf-mute Stucco relief on the north wall of the abbey church Last Judgment of Müstair Iconography of Charlemagne J. Hubert, The Carolingian Renaissance...
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    Arnulf of Metz is traditionally considered the earliest named ancestor of Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty. This belief originates from two sources...
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    Alte Brücke (Frankfurt) (category History of Frankfurt)
    abschaffenden Versammlungen, nicht einreden. List of medieval stone bridges in Germany Iconography of Charlemagne Eiserner Steg Friedrich, Bothe (1977). Geschichte...
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    Globus cruciger (category Christian iconography)
    by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used on coins, in iconography, and with a sceptre as royal regalia. The...
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  • allegory is the attribution of Europe as the paradise by special placement of the water bodies. As contemporary iconography depicted the paradise as a...
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    in Aachen is an early medieval chapel and remaining component of Charlemagne's Palace of Aachen in what is now Germany. Although the palace itself no longer...
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    of material on Charlemagne in chronicles, fiction and iconography throughout Medieval Europe. The miracles of the flowering lances and the death of Ferracutus...
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    The Fountain of Life, or in its earlier form the Fountain of Living Waters, is a Christian iconography symbol associated with baptism and/or eucharist...
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    appear in Western cycles of the Life of Christ, except for the fullest, such as Duccio's Maestà, and the Western iconography can be said to have had difficulty...
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    Rosalia was born of a Norman noble family that claimed descent from Charlemagne. Devoutly religious, she retired to live as a hermit in a cave on Mount...
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  • Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H) (category Christian iconography)
    study of these forms part of iconography in art history. They were particularly used so that the illiterate could recognize a scene, and to give each of the...
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    national weapon at the time of the Merovingians (about 500 to 750 AD). It is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne (768–814). Although generally...
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    1995 Image of God the Father in Orthodox Theology and Iconography ISBN 1-879038-15-3 page 41 Adolphe Napoléon Didron, 2003 Christian iconography: or The...
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    Charles the Bald, before 869 Charlemagne, flanked by two popes, is crowned, manuscript of c. 870. Byzantine gold histamenon coin of 1041/2. The emperor is crowned...
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    limited to the masses; from Charlemagne onwards, emperors also conducted pilgrimages in her honour. Indeed, Charlemagne granted immunity to the convent...
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    proclaimed the king of the Franks, Charlemagne, as the emperor of the Romans in 800 under the concept of translatio imperii (transfer of imperial power)....
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