how is this possible?
Still be REALLY tough. Somehow you've got to have the legitimacy of Charlemagne's empire be centered on France, and... Wait a minute, how did Charlemagne's FRANKish empire move to Austria!? Maybe it's not hard at all.THAT'd work.
Still be REALLY tough. Somehow you've got to have the legitimacy of Charlemagne's empire be centered on France, and... Wait a minute, how did Charlemagne's FRANKish empire move to Austria!? Maybe it's not hard at all.
Nappy-wank? Nappy, not happy with merely ruling Europe as French Emperor, declares himself Roman Emperor and sets up court in Rome?![]()
Nappy-wank? Nappy, not happy with merely ruling Europe as French Emperor, declares himself Roman Emperor and sets up court in Rome?![]()
Just have things go a little better for the Carolingians after the reign of Charles the Fat. If they can stay on the throne in France for the 10th century, the HRE will include all of France, Germany, Lotharingia, and probably Italy.Still be REALLY tough. Somehow you've got to have the legitimacy of Charlemagne's empire be centered on France, and... Wait a minute, how did Charlemagne's FRANKish empire move to Austria!? Maybe it's not hard at all.
Even then, let's have a look at what French looked like in 842:
“Pro Deo amur et pro Christian poblo et nostro commun salvament, d'ist di in avant, in quant Deus savir et podir me dunat, si salvarai eo cist meon fradre Karlo et in ajudha et in cadhuna cosa, si cum om per dreit son fradra salvar dift, in o quid il me altresi fazet, et ab Ludher nul plaid numquam prindrai, qui, meon vol, cist meon fradre Karle in damno sit.”
The new Roman Empire's language could quite easily evolve in a completely different direction from today's French, depending on the languages of conquered territories, the status of Latin and the position of Arabic in Europe. In addition, the area that became the empire's powerbase would be key, and it probably wouldn't be Ile de France, more likely Provence, Toulouse, Orleans or Strasbourg, depending on what other territories were added to the empire.