Reasons for the expansion of Charlemagne’s territory.

In the early Middle Ages on the territory of western Europe there was a powerful state – the Frankish kingdom. It included many conquered territories. The reason for the conquest of these territories was the desire of Charlemagne to recreate the greatness of the once existing – the Roman Empire. He considered himself the heir to the cause of the great emperors, and his kingdom the heir to the empire itself. True, the size of the kingdom itself was far from the greatness of the ancient empire.