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Charlemagne's Tragic Dream 2017-07-03 04:04:19 Post No. 3031414
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> Be Frankish, considered barbarian
> Learned about the glory of Rome
> Go to aid pope, last vestige of Byzantine rule in the West after Justinian's ultimate failure
> Continue ancestors' watch of the Pyrenees against Moorish incursions
> Conquer the Saxons to stop further raids
> Be coronated by the Pope as Holy Roman Emperor
> Knew something was deeply wrong with Western Europe, i.e. what we know as the Dark Ages, tries to turn it around with a Carolingian Renaissance.
> After his death, traditional Frankish law takes effect, cleaving his realm, once again dividing Western Europe. In the end, his "Roman Empire" is a fake.
In the end however, was his dream of reuniting Western Europe and bringing under one order a worthy one? Is it wrong to build a great fake in order to attempt the recall the glory of the original?
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read this instead:
https://www.scribd.com/document/106343138/Frans-J-Los-The-Franks
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Now some buttyblasted Frenchy will how up and explain why Charlemagne was totally not germanic barbarian but 100% panonian french.
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>>3032553
insofar as he was rightly labelled the Caliph of Frankistan by Oswald Spengler, yes, he was indeed very much so French.
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He failed to restore the Roman Empire but in his attempts he created something new.
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>>3032553
Being French is not genetic but cultural.
A Scandinavian or Cameroonian can be French if their heart is as French as Charlemagnes.
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>>3032705
yes, if being self-destructive and completely cucked to the judaic skyman is a measure of Frenchness.
Protip: Casse-toi, espece de negrobougne.
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