Charlemagne

{{Quote|I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. 'Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky'.|Henry Jones, Sr.|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Charlemagne (meaning Charles the Great) was an eighth-century king of the Franks, who unified much of western and central Europe, and forced its conversion to Christianity. He also was known for a revival of art and culture through the the Church.

In 1938, while being pursued by Nazi fighter planes, Henry Jones, Sr. remembered a quote by Charlemagne, and applied it literally, using his umbrella to drive the seabirds into the air, damaging the plane and causing it to crash.

Later in his journal, Indiana Jones commented that after this incident, he should probably read more Charlemagne.

Behind the scenes
The quote that Henry Jones, Sr. attributes to Charlemagne is likely fictional.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade novel
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade comic