Primary Source 8.3: Charlemagne and His Wife

This illumination from a ninth-century manuscript portrays Charlemagne with one of his wives. Marriage was an important tool of diplomacy for Charlemagne, and he had a number of wives and concubines.

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(Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY)

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