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| Charlemagne | means "Charles the Great"; awarded title of Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day in the year 800 AD |
| Einhard | Charlemagne's secretary and trusted advisor; wrote The Life of Charles |
| The Song of Roland | Medieval poem celebrating King Charlemagne |
| Aachen | Capital of Charlemagne's kingdom |
| Alcuin of York | Benedictine monk and scholar who ran the palace school at Aachen |
| Quadrivium | Part of the medieval curriculum devised by Alcuin, including mathematics, geometry, astronomy, and music |
| Trivium | Part of the medieval curriculum devised by Alcuin, including rhetoric, grammar, and logic |
| Miniscule | Improved style of writing created by Alcuin |
| Carolingian | Related or belonging to the Frankish dynasty founded by Pepin the Short (Charlemagne's father) |
