some 1,200 years ago there lived a
famous blacksmith named Dan Gallus who
embarked in a mission of forging the
perfect sword in 802 C three long years
after the blacksmith first set fire to
the forge the very blade that would help
conquer Europe was funnily fashioned
into existence they did to rest in the
hands of the battle born king of the
franks Charlemagne the sword law joy use
would soon commend at big tales of
conquest myth and magic the history of
Charlemagne conquest of Europe for the
most part is the story of joyous legend
had that Charlemagne was on his way back
from Spain when he said camp in the very
region where gallows was working
Charlemagne was known to be especially
brutal and ruthless when fighting his
battles and enjoy use was a weapon that
was as glorious and as deadly as his
reputation there even exists several
accounts that describe magical powers to
join use according to legend the sword
was forged with the shards of the
implement lanes of Longinus the very
land that was stabbed into Jesus aside
during crucifixion it was said that
whenever Charlemagne unsheath joy used
in battle he revealed a sword that
Alshon de son and left his enemies blind
it has also said that whoever mastered
joyas was impregnable to poison so let's
talk about Charlemagne for a minute here
Charlemagne also known as Charles the
great who lived from 742 ce2 814 feet
was the king of the Franks the prince
were an ancient kingdom that existed in
what is now known as well France
Charlemagne was a central figure to the
political military and a spiritual
reshaping that took place in medieval
Europe soon after the fall of the Roman
Empire Charlemagne solely was
responsible for consolidating the powers
of Western Europe Charlemagne was able
to build what is among the vastest
kingdom in written history the king of
the Franks ruled over what is now known
as the countries of France Germany Italy
Austria in the Low Countries in a rather
militaristic method Charlemagne was able
to enforce the spread of Christianity
throughout the conquered lands of Europe
Charlemagne was born in 742 C II he was
the son of King Pepin the short upon the
death of the King Charlemagne with his
brother caralluma
inherited the throne but soon after his
brother passed away and Charlemagne
became the sole king of the Franks among
the things that the
you can inherit it along with the throw
is the responsibility to protect the
temporal of the Holy See the Holy See is
the central seat of government of the
Catholic Church that is occupied by the
bull as such Charlemagne soon after
inheriting the King James became deeply
embroiled in wars against adversaries of
the church among the most powerful of
which are the Saxons of Germany
ultimately the new came was able to
prove his military powers by
annihilating the adversaries of the land
and of the church and in 774 cm with
victories against the Saxons under his
belt the Pope declared Charlemagne as
the first champion of the Catholic
Church the next two decades of
Charlemagne's reign were marked by
brutal wars waged against the lombards
and the Saxons of Germany and the Moors
of Spain in 778 Charlemagne launched a
campaign against the Moors it was during
this campaign where the legendary battle
of paths Roncesvalles took place the
Battle of past Martha's elves would
later be immortalized in the epic poem
Song of Roland which is widely regarded
as the oldest surviving major work of
French literature does the 11th century
epic poem give an account of Charlemagne
as he rode into battle with Latoya's it
says Charlemagne was wearing his fine
white coat of mail in his helmet with
gold studded stones by his side hon
Joyce and it never was there a sword to
match it it's color changed 30 times a
day according to the story it was during
the Battle of past vales when
Charlemagne momentarily lost Royer's to
get a sword back Charlemagne promised to
reward whoever could bring joy is back
to him eventually one of Charlemagne
soldiers found Reuters true to his word
the king of the Franks gifted a generous
portion of the land to his soldier
Charlemagne planted his sword into the
earth and he proclaimed here will be
built in a state of which you will be
the Lord and Master and your descendants
will take the name of my wonderful sword
joyous according to the story this is
the origin of the French towns Royer's
which sits in southern France in 779
Charlemagne once again launched a
massive military assault against the
Saxons this time the campaign dealt a
rather destructive blow to the Kings
adversaries as they yielded the baptism
of the fact a leader in 785 having
security lasting victory against this
accident Charlemagne's reign became a
relatively quiet except for occasional
small-scale revolt and Viking range
Charlemagne's accomplishments in
defending
the Holy See and Western Christendom
were eventually recognized in 800 when
the Pope crowned him as the Emperor of
the Western Empire as great a chaos he
was Charlemagne proved to be a greater
in / he was generally able to bring
order to what was a chaotic Empire he
was able to set a good example to future
kings and emperors and when under his
reign agriculture trade and law saw
unprecedented leaps for now historians
up today associate to source to
Charlemagne one of Charlemagne swords is
a saber it is currently in the care of
the Imperial Treasury in Vienna Austria
while the other one is supposed to be
the legendary sword draw use which is
currently in the care of the Louvre
Museum supposedly draw use was
transferred into the Louvre in 1793
before then that sword was kept in a
monastery in synteny which is a place of
burial for French kings the earliest
mention of the sword being kept in
monastery was in 1905 where draw use was
mentioned in an inventory where it was
listed alongside two other royal swords
the source of Louie the knight and
Charles the sceptre sword joy used to
write its name from the word joyful and
since the 13th century joy use was
featured prominently in coronation
rituals of rulers of France
the earliest known event when joy use
was used at a coronation was in 1270
when the Duke of Burgundy Philip the
bold was crowned into power this
tradition continued until the coronation
rise of Charles a tenth in 1825 now
let's talk a little bit about the
anatomy of the sword according to the
lube the pummel the cross guard the grip
had all been replaced sometime between
the 10th in the 13th century and
although much of the original steel
remains intact to this day the blade
itself has allegedly been refurbished
sometime in the 19th century because it
wasn't being used in battle anymore joy
use had undergone a lot of cosmetic
changes to give it a more prestigious
look these ornamentations major use
representative of a wide range of
cosmetic sensibility is from all around
Europe throughout different periods of
time draw use features two halves of a
heavily sculpted gold pommel the long
gold grip measures 4.2 inches and it was
originally designed with a Lily that is
most famously recognized as the former
Royal Arms of France
however that was removed for the
coronation of Napoleon in 1804 20 use
features a gold
Schloss card that measures eight point
nine inches wide it sports two winged
dragons that are beaded with lapis ice
the cross guard was stand in the
thirteenth century with the text shoe
marks in a half in ten Sterling's which
is the weight of gold
Troy use features a generally slender
blade that runs thirty two point six
inches long and measures one point seven
seven inches wide and there are
competing schools of thought that offers
opposing views on the estimated age of
the blade some believe that the sword to
this very day features the original
blade of joy used that dates back to the
Middle Ages others suggested that the
blade was forged when the sword
allegedly got an overhaul in 1804 much
like parts of the sword the scabbard
that originally carried joy use had the
law undergone various changes it is very
likely that not much of the original
scabbard remained except for its belt in
the precious stones that were planted on
its throat today Troy use remains to be
one of the most important swords in all
of Europe although it has long been
removed from the battlefields of
yesteryears Charlemagne's prized weapon
serves as a reminder of prestige and a
royalty a surviving testament to the
kings of legendary conquests and much
storied victories so there you go guys
that's the legendary sword that
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