The Frankish king Charlemagne, also known as Carolus Magnus and Charles I, is called the “father of Europe” for good reasons ...
A silk bag housed in Westminster Abbey was made from the same material as the burial shroud of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, researchers have found. The abbey has discovered that a ...
Flaxseed was cultivated in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th century, King Charlemagne believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that he passed laws requiring his subjects to ...