Answer:
the author's purpose is to persuade or convince
<span>Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the </span><span>discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today.
</span> Europe was mired in a centuries-long dark age before a king named Charlemagne came along and turned on the light switch.
By encouraging arts, culture and education, the 8th-century Frankish king – who would eventually become the first Holy Roman Emperor – tugged the continent out of cultural stagnation that threatened to never end.
Both a fierce warrior and in many ways the first Renaissance man, Charlemagne's achievements on the battlefield and in his laws led to the first notion of a pan-European identity.
The five conflicts that are found in literature are
Man vs Man
Man vs Self
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
Man vs Supernatural
If all five of these are options, then I would go with the first four.
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