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Charles the Bald

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Noun1.Charles the Bald - as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)Charles the Bald - as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)


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Then he shifts to the nobility, going back to 1477 to look at the reaction to the death of Charles the Bald, then discussing the position of the nobility at court.
In the San Callisto Bible Charles the Bald (King of the Western Franks 840-77 and Emperor 875-77) and his bodyguards are shown dressed in Frankish-style clothing as a sign that they were the Chosen People, but after his coronation in Rome, as related by the chronicler of the Annales Fuldenses, Charles repudiated the Frankish connection in favor of the Greek (Byzantine) and dressed accordingly to express this.
John Scotus Erigena, the court philosopher to Charlemagne's grandson, Charles the Bald, declares that the technical arts are native to humans in their state of perfection and with effort can be recalled.
 
 
 
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