- "I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. 'Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky'."
- ―Henry Jones, Sr.[src]
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 was also known for a revival of art and culture through the Church.
Biography[]
It contains information that originates in a source that has not been deemed definitively canon.
It was said that Charlemagne possessed a scepter with the power to control the minds of men that he used to forge his empire which ended up in the family heirlooms of a band of gypsies staying in a clearing near Budapest.[1]
According to a group of French scholars looking for their own national version of Excalibur, Charlemagne inherited a magical, shape-shifting blade used by Julius Caesar during his Gaulish campaigns. After Charlemagne's usage, it was said, Joan of Arc wielded the sword.[2]
Legacy[]
For the 1936–37 academic year, Marshall College included the reign of Charlemagne as part of assistant professor McFynn's History 101 class.[3]
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.[4]
Later in his journal, Indiana Jones commented that after this incident, he should probably read more Charlemagne.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The quote that Henry Jones, Sr. attributes to Charlemagne is likely fictional.[6]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" → Mystery of the Blues (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade novel (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade comic (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Dynasty (Non-fiction source)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure
- Indiana Jones Artifacts
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
40 Great Indiana Jones Quotes on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)
