[38]A bishopric of the old German Empire containing the abbey of Fulda.
[39]The River Enns separates Upper and Lower Austria.
[40]The River Sau or Save is one of the principal tributaries of the Danube, and joins that river at Belgrade.
[41]The modern Vienna.
[42]When Charlemagne expelled the Avars he made the district between the Enns and the Wienerwald the boundary of the Kingdom. “Oestmark” signifies “East mark” or limit, and “Oesterreich” means Austria.
[43]Alcuin, the prelate and scholar, was born at York, England, in 735, and died at Tours in 804. He was master of the school of the palace and general superintendent of all Charlemagne’s educational reforms. He was an authority on theology, history, grammar, rhetoric; he revised the Vulgate, and was also a poet.
Appendix
The following is a chronological statement of the most important events in the life of Charlemagne:
| 742 | Birth of Charlemagne. |
| 768 | Accession to the throne conjointly with Carloman. |
| 771 | Death of Carloman. |
| 772 | Saxon War. |
| 773 | War with the Lombards. |
| 777 | Mayfield at Paderborn. |
| 778 | War with Arabs in Spain. |
| 785 | Submission of Wittekind. |
| 788 | Bavaria subdued. |
| 800 | Crowned Emperor at Rome. |
| 808-810 | Defeated the Danes. |
| 814 | Death of Charlemagne. |
| 814 | Accession of Ludwig. |
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