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Charlemagne Against the Moors

Charlemagne Against the Moors
In 778 Charlemagne invaded northern Spain, which was then under the control of the Moors. In the 13th-century manuscript illustration Charlemagne’s forces prepare to assault a Moorish fortress.
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