Example sentences of "charlemagne and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows strong stylistic similarities to other medieval romances , in particular the Chansons de Geste of Charlemagne and the Song of Roland . |
| 2 | CHARLEMAGNE AND THE IMPERIAL IDEA |
| 3 | Never mind , it is a reckless , bloodthirsty tale , with Roland ultimately being punished for his hubris in refusing until it was too late to blow his oliphant , or horn , to summon back Charlemagne and the rest of the army to help his vastly outnumbered rear guard . |
| 4 | By the early 790s , though still only a deacon , he was corresponding on behalf of Charlemagne and the Frankish court with Anglo-Saxon kings , abbots , bishops and archbishops , and was not given to mincing his words . |
| 5 | Charlemagne and the pope had received information from certain persons that Offa was suggesting that the Frankish king should depose Hadrian and replace him with a new pope of Frankish extraction . |
| 6 | Alcuin was also critical of the new Northumbrian king , Eardwulf , but when Eardwulf was driven out of his kingdom in 806 he was restored two years later through the intervention of Charlemagne and the pope ( see above , p. 157 ) , a clear enough demonstration of the continued maintenance of Northumbria at this time as a Carolingian sphere of influence . |