Editing Charlemagne (section)

==Achievements==
Charlemagne was able to halt the political and cultural disintegration of the early Middle Ages and lay the foundation for strong central government north of the Alps. He managed united most of Western Europe for the first time since the classical era of the Roman Empire and united parts of Europe that had never been under Frankish rule. Partially as a result of Charlemagne's activity, northern Europe emerged in the high and late Middle Ages as the dominant economic, political, and cultural force in the West after he stimulated European economic and political life to foster the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance. He instituted economic and religious reforms, and was a driving force behind the Carolingian miniscule, a standardized form of writing that later became a basis for modern European printed alphabets despite his own inability to write and difficulty reading. His actions ensured unified Christianity would survive longer than thought possible given the disunited state of Europe.