Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . e Saxons had no towns. Now,around the seat of the bishop, or about a monastery, men be-gan to collect, and towns and cities grow up. Of these thechief was Bremen, which is still one of the most importantports of Germany. Summoned by the pope to protect him from his old enemiesthe Lombards, Charlemagne invaded Lombardy in 773 with agreat army and took Pavia, the capital, after a long siege. TheLombard king was forced to become a monk, and his treasurewas div
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . e Saxons had no towns. Now,around the seat of the bishop, or about a monastery, men be-gan to collect, and towns and cities grow up. Of these thechief was Bremen, which is still one of the most importantports of Germany. Summoned by the pope to protect him from his old enemiesthe Lombards, Charlemagne invaded Lombardy in 773 with agreat army and took Pavia, the capital, after a long siege. TheLombard king was forced to become a monk, and his treasurewas divided among the Frankish soldiers. Charlemagne thentook the extremely important step, in 774, of having himselfrecognized by all the Lombard dukes and counts as king ofthe Lombards. So far we have spoken only of the relations of Charlemagnewith the Germans, for even the Lombard kingdom was estab-lished by the Germans. He had, however, other peoples to dealwith, especially the Slavs on the east (who were one day to buildup the kingdoms of Poland and Bohemia and the vast Russianempire) and, on the opposite boundary of his dominion, the. / EUROPE in the time of CHARLEMAGNE A. D. 814 I ~~| Original Possessions I I Conquest by Charlemagne 0 A00 200 300 400 500 » Z-* . 1 1 ? Scale ofJVIiles. Longitude
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