An Earlier European Union and a European Foundation Myth - On Christmas Day 800, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was crowned emperor of a revived ‘Roman’ Empire. As such he ruled over a large part of Western Europe including what is now France, Germany, the Low Countries and northern Italy. His coronation by the Pope in Rome underlined both the symbolic continuity with the ancient […]Blog
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An Earlier European Union and a European Foundation Myth - On Christmas Day 800, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was crowned emperor of a revived ‘Roman’ Empire. As such he ruled over a large part of Western Europe including what is now France, Germany, the Low Countries and northern Italy. His coronation by the Pope in Rome underlined both the symbolic continuity with the ancient […]
