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New Europe "not arrogant enough", says Frenchman | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com (tags: eu)

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My Mediaeval History is a bit rusty, but I think one of the reasons the split was effected was the empire was too big for one man to keep all his Duxes in line, this being the time when 'the Emperor' or 'King' was first amongst equals of the nobility rather than God's annointed and so forth (although Charlemagne's coronation by the Pope starts laying the groundwork for this).

zornhau: Kurtzhau discovers the logic of Empire zornhau 2010

A Czech warning: out-voting Britain would break the EU | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com

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A prediction: Vaclav Klaus will sign Lisbon this year | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com

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Europe's global credibility in the balance | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com

Elizabeth I and Ireland nwhyte 2009

Meeting a king (and running out of things to say) | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com

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Then I thought I would try some ancient history, and brought her a little further east (and back into Flanders) to the Tumulus of Pepin the Elder, a Frankish magnate of the early 7th century who was, if I calculate correctly, Charlemagne's great-great-great-grandfather (and therefore probably your ancestor too).

Dental development nwhyte 2010

He was instructed to model it after Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel at Aachen.

The Parisian Jewel for the Jerusalem Crown Ina Caro 2011

Cameron on the EU: it's a scary picture he paints | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com

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Ireland's Eurocrats sound the Lisbon alarm | Charlemagne's notebook | Economist. com

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