. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. III. 83. — Details of Confessio of S. Salvatore, Brescia. (From Dartein) Spain. In 774 the kingdom of the Lombards ended with thedeposition of Desiderius. All Italy had fallen into the handsof the Prankish king. Twenty-six years later, in the ever-mem-orable year 800, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of theWest by the pope at Rome, and the fatal Holy Roman Empirewas launched on its career of devastation. Charlemagne was more than a conqueror; he was an en-lightened statesman, under whose strong han
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. III. 83. — Details of Confessio of S. Salvatore, Brescia. (From Dartein) Spain. In 774 the kingdom of the Lombards ended with thedeposition of Desiderius. All Italy had fallen into the handsof the Prankish king. Twenty-six years later, in the ever-mem-orable year 800, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of theWest by the pope at Rome, and the fatal Holy Roman Empirewas launched on its career of devastation. Charlemagne was more than a conqueror; he was an en-lightened statesman, under whose strong hand the forces of dis-order and confusion which had swayed the previous centurieswere momentarily checked. Law and justice began to makethemselves felt, economic prosperity and the arts of peace re-vived. Charlemagne was also a friend of learning. He sum- 135 CAROLINGIAN ARCHITECTURE moned to his court from all over his kingdom and beyond themost profound scholars that the world of that time had to offer;he founded something like a public school system; and he en-couraged literature and the a
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