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The Middle Ages were dubbed the ‘Dark Ages’ almost before they had begun to draw to a close. Ever since then, they have continued to be seen as a time of hardship and oppression, full of popes and crusades. In the second volume of 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power, another side of the Middle Ages shines through though: The continual workings of Christ as He built His kingdom through figures such as...

and the world; he has been praised as possessing the clearest intellect of the 9th century. Charlemagne’s son, Louis the Pious (814–40), continued to govern the Holy Roman Empire according to his father’s ideals, but without his father’s abilities. At the end of his reign, Louis disastrously divided the Empire up between his three sons, Louis the German (843–76), Charles the Bald (843–77), and Lothair (843–55). Louis received the area east of the Rhine river, the “East
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