TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Derek A.
TI  - Charlemagne: the great adventure
SN  - 9780091794613
U1  - 920 CHA 
PY  - 2005///
PB  - Hutchinson
KW  - Charlemagne
KW  - France
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - To 987
KW  - Europe
KW  - 392-814
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index
N2  - Derek Wilson presents this biography of Charlemagne, a Frankish chieftain born in 742, son of Pepin the Short. He discusses how Charlemagne introduced Jury Courts, revised the legal system, introduced new coinage, reformed weights and measures, and furthered missionary enterprises and monastic reform
ER  -