Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (TRIH ep 525, part 3)
800 · Resource
This episode examines the events and significance of Charlemagne's imperial coronation on Christmas Day 800 and places it within the wider geopolitical context of late eighth- and ninth-century Europe. Holland and Sandbrook discuss Pope Leo III's role, the political weakness and scandal in Constantinople under Irene and Constantine VI, and the shifting alliance between Rome and the Frankish kingdom.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 800
- Viking Age (793)
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- An Lushan Rebellion (755)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)
- Reconquista (722)