Give three examples of Charlemagne's influence in the architecture or literature of the Early Middle Ages.

Charlemagne had a major influence on the architecture and literature of the Dark ages of the Roman Empire fell. "Charles was large and strong, and of lofty stature, though not disproportionately tall (his height is well known to have been seven times the length of his foot); the upper part of his head was round, his eyes very large and animated, nose a little long, hair fair, and face laughing and merry. Thus his appearance was always stately and dignified, whether he was standing or sitting; although his neck was thick and somewhat short, and his belly rather prominent; but the symmetry of the rest of his body concealed these defects." (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/einhard1.html)


 He made the biggest influence on the schools and education of children. "As soon as their years admitted, in accordance with the custom of the Franks, the boys had to learn horsemanship, and to practise war and the chase, and the girls to familiarize themselves with cloth-making, and to handle distaff and spindle, that they might not grow indolent through idleness, and he fostered in them every virtuous sentiment." (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/einhard1.html) In this passage it shoes how he made it so the boys and girls would have the lives that the romans did. Each had their own path in life and they were both controlled by their father. He also never let them leave the house or leave his side for the fact the he never wanted to loose a child. It would cause him too much pain after he would loose a child. He only lost three of his kids but the loss of another would have been to hard for him to handle. 


Charles made most of his influences on the education systems and the literature of the time. He took a major role in the literature as he mainly influenced the school systems but he also influenced the art of the time. Although he wasn't the most hansom man at the time, he still made his life the best he could for him and his kids. He lived from 2 April 742 – 28 January 814 which is a long life. to be 72 years old at your death and to die with such an influence, that is all that you could want. although he left his children at death, they still lived a good life and they could now leave the house and enter the society. They had now officially came out of The Dark Ages.

Fordham.edu- "Medieval Sourcebook: Einhard: Life of Charlemagne." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .