Charlemagne

Michael: Hey there Lauren.

Lauren: Hey Michael. What do you need?

Michael: Could you tell me about Charlemagne? Im still confused on him.

Lauren: Sure thing. There’s not too much on him that I know, but Ill tell you what I can. He was also known as Charles the Great, and he was 6’4’’.

Michael: Geez! He was a big boy!

Lauren: I know hahah. In 800, he was crowned the king of Rome. And he was Christian. His land was divided into three parts. One part for each of his grandsons.

Michael: Oh..he was one of those, “no work, free pay” people?

Lauren: Hahah, yeah. You don’t like that do you?

Michael: No, not exactly.

Lauren: Well, anyway hah, that was known as the treaty of Verdun.

Michael: Hahah…Verdun…that’s a funny name.

Lauren: I knew you were going to say that hah. His three grandsons names were Charles the Bald, Lothair and Louis the German. Charles the Bald had the French part, and Louis, well he obviously had the German part.

Michael: Hah well durr.

Lauren:….Anyway, Charles and Louis had a secret alliance. They were going to take over Lothair’s land.

Michael: Meanies.

Lauren: Hah yeah. They eventually did.

Michael: No fair. So is that why France and Germany aren’t the same country then?

Lauren: I think so, I mean if it wasn’t split up among the grandsons, it would have stayed as one big empire I guess.

Michael: Okay, thanks. Bye.