In questo giorno dell’800 Carlo Magno fu incoronato imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero a Roma. Unificò gran parte dell’Europa, ponendo le basi per il dominio millenario del Sacro Romano Impero. Il Premio Carlo Magno viene assegnato ogni anno a personalità che hanno contribuito in modo significativo all’unità europea
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Wild to think Charlemagne’s coronation was basically Europe’s first EU startup pitch and it actually lasted a millennium.
He unified Europe by force, not consent.
* Charlemagne had 4,500 Saxon prisoners beheaded in the massacre of Verden.[134]
* Charlemagne issued the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae, … With a harsh set of laws which included the death penalty for pagan practices, the Capitulatio “constituted a program for the forced conversion of the Saxons” and was “aimed … at suppressing Saxon identity”.
Why do we celebrate this mf, he’d be in favor of chat control, I guarantee you.
* Charlemagne spread Christianity to his new conquests (often by force), as seen at the Massacre of Verden against the Saxons.
* He also sent envoys and initiated diplomatic contact with Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph
Sounds very European lol
Charlemagne sparked the Carolingian Renaissance by standardizing a legible script and establishing a vast network of monastic schools, effectively salvaging classical knowledge from the brink of extinction and creating the intellectual infrastructure for modern Europe.
Charlie Big still helping Europe
The recipient in 2025 was Urusula von der Leyen… Truly an inspiring award.