[Reily]

Actually the Goths were already Christian before Charlemagne. Arian Christian but Christian none the less!
For example Christian Goths with Aetius one the last great Western Roman commanders against Attila. Also the Goths what defeated a Western Roman army at Adrianople were Christian, again Arian Christian. The Ostrogothic Kingdom in Attila which followed the battle of Adrianople was a Christian kingdom, again Arian Christian.

[GoLightly]

I knew that, which is I put quotes around "Christianized" & "barbaric pagans". I thought it was a good example of the way history gets distorted.