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Charlemagne

King of the Franks and Emperor, 768 to 814

United much of Western Europe, was crowned emperor by the pope in 800 and sponsored a revival of learning.

Charlemagne sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly religious on religion and strongly interventionist on interventionism.

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Where Charlemagne sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Charlemagne

MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.95%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…94%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.92%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…91%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Charlemagne. Autorité émettrice de monnaie indéterminé. Atelier monétaire. Émetteur, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.