Halftone of Charlemagne and his scholars. Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774 and Emperor of the Romans from 800. Charlemagne promoted education but never learned himself how to read or write. From a set of school posters for history and social studies c 1930

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Size: 2367px × 3543px
Location: Holy roman Empire
Photo credit: © Lakeview Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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