2-715-864 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Map of the Kingdom of the Franks Under Charlemagne', 1890. In 1771, Charlemagne (742-814) became king of the Franks, by 814, his empire encompassed most of Western Europe, had ensured the survival of Christianity and was seen as the Holy Roman Empire. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]