524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)

1779.547 - 1803.662 Dominic Sandbrook

This really matters to Charlemagne because Charlemagne is a very devout Christian. What he is doing, he's doing as that poem written by Paulinus suggested that you quoted at the beginning of the show, he's doing it in the hope of winning eternal life. What if the violence and the horror that he's inflicted actually is opening the gates of hell to him. And that is a very pressing question.