Jeff Sypeck taught medieval literature at the University of Maryland University College for ten years. He is the author of several books, including Becoming Charlemagne and Looking Up.
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On Christmas morning in the year 800, Pope Leo III placed the crown of imperial Rome on the brow of a Germanic king named Karl-a gesture that enabled the man later hailed as Charlemagne to claim his empire and forever shape the destiny of Europe. Becoming... SEE MORE