literate Charlemagne

What if the Frankish monarch was thought to read and write since childhood ? How would the Frankish Empire progress ?
 
Probably not very differently. That is, assuming whatever Charles is NOT taught instead does not end up making him vulnerable to his enemies. Many people at the time believed you could be a scribe or a swordsman, but not both. Not a reputation a young king in a precarious standoff with his brother will want, I guess.
 
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