Country Profile: Germany Years 5-Six
A single of the tribes, the Franks, attained supremacy in western Europe under Charlemagne, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800. By the Treaty of Verdun , Charlemagne’s lands east of the Rhine have been ceded to the German Prince Louis. Added territory acquired by the Treaty of Mersen gave Germany around the area it maintained throughout the Middle Ages. For various centuries after Otto the Great was crowned king in 936, German rulers had been also ordinarily heads of the Holy Roman Empire. The technical storage or access is needed to make user profiles to send marketing, or...