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I. The highpoint of his reign: the imperial coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day in the year 800
II. From the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to Charlemagne's accession to power in 768: a short history of the kingdom of the Franks
III. Charlemagne's youth and the first years of his reign: from son of the Mayor of the palace to Conqueror of Italy
IV. The expansion of the Frankish Kingdom in the East: Saxons, Bavarians, and Avars
V. Charlemagne, the papacy, and the Byzantine Emperor
VI. Ruling the empire
VII. Charlemagne's family and the arrangement of his succession
VIII. Hero and saint: the afterlife of Charlemagne.
II. From the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to Charlemagne's accession to power in 768: a short history of the kingdom of the Franks
III. Charlemagne's youth and the first years of his reign: from son of the Mayor of the palace to Conqueror of Italy
IV. The expansion of the Frankish Kingdom in the East: Saxons, Bavarians, and Avars
V. Charlemagne, the papacy, and the Byzantine Emperor
VI. Ruling the empire
VII. Charlemagne's family and the arrangement of his succession
VIII. Hero and saint: the afterlife of Charlemagne.