Charlemagne implemented many reforms. His reign is known as the Carolingian Renaissance because he promoted scholarship, art, architecture, literature and other humanistic disciplines, and he was indeed responsible for establishing centers of learning, particularly monasteries and centers for copying manuscripts - in order to make sure that ancient manuscripts were copied. He worked with famous scholars, such as Paul the Deacon and Peter of Pisa, who taught him and also the clergy and the laity.
However, he did not take control over the Church; just the opposite, he made it stronger and was a firm supporter and protector of the papacy. Moreover, he did not defeat the English but the Saxons (who lived in what is now Northern Germany), among others.
