Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe
By the early ninth century, the Carolingian empire was at the height of its power. The Franks, led by Charlemagne, had built the largest European domain since Rome in its heyday. Though they jockeyed …
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