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minus-squareeestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 days agoHe’s Karl der Große, not Charlemagne His HQ was in Aachen He’s German dammit
minus-squarepython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days ago His HQ was in Aachen Oh you mean Aix-la-Chapelle?
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoWhy ever did the Anglos add the magne/main to Karl? Makes no sense.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoFrench was a court language for a good while there. Charles le magne (charles the great), then mangled up
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoWasn’t it Frankish that was the court language initially, and later on the Germanic elite took over the regional language in the south, which was French?
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agowhich court you talking about?t
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoOf course, that makes sense. Thanks!
minus-squareHerr_S_aus_H@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoAs someone already said, frankish or if you want germanic. There was no such thing as Germany back in Karl‘s time.
He’s Karl der Große, not Charlemagne
His HQ was in Aachen
He’s German dammit
Frankish*
Oh you mean Aix-la-Chapelle?
Why ever did the Anglos add the magne/main to Karl? Makes no sense.
French was a court language for a good while there. Charles le magne (charles the great), then mangled up
Wasn’t it Frankish that was the court language initially, and later on the Germanic elite took over the regional language in the south, which was French?
which court you talking about?t
Of course, that makes sense. Thanks!
As someone already said, frankish or if you want germanic. There was no such thing as Germany back in Karl‘s time.