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To: Prost1

Various sources give Charlemagne's height as 6'+ to 6'6". What is your source for 5.5'?

33 posted on 09/01/2004 12:39:10 PM PDT by Restorer

To: Restorer

Yes, Karl was 7x his foot, or tall for his times. I was thinking of his grandson Charles the Bald...

41 posted on 09/01/2004 12:48:54 PM PDT by Prost1 (Why isn't Berger in jail?)

To: Restorer

I don't know the source but I too have read that Charlemagne was over 6' tall.

I also have read that ancient Greeks of Doric (Spartans for example) ancestry were about the same size as people today.

87 posted on 05/14/2006 5:46:56 PM PDT by yarddog

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