Charlemagne's Christianisation of the pagans in the Dark Ages of Medieval Europe was brutal enough.<br/>It could have been far worse without Waldo, a more considered Christian, by his side.<br/>'Who was Waldo?' I hear you ask.<br/>An original document, written in Latin on sheepskin in the early middle ages verifies the donation of a Christian church by a certain Waldo in Seeburg, a small village in Southern Germany.<br/>No further historic records of this mysterious Waldo existed. So I spent two years of intense research to unravel his alleged identity.<br/>I concluded, that Waldo and Charlemagne, the mighty Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great, were like the priest and the soldier, who shared a lifelong bond forged in childhood. <br/>They saw themselves as Christianity's cross and sword, put on earth by God to build and defend Christendom in medieval Europe.<br/>Both men differed in their approach to converting the pagans. <br/>Charlemagne, the soldier, believed in a swift decision and the beheading by sword of the unwilling: 'My god is your god. My will be done.'<br/>Waldo, the priest, believed in a more gentle missionary way, bringing salvation with bread, wine and fear of the unknown, and the promise of a better life in heaven: 'Jesus died for us on the cross for our redemption. Thy kingdom come. Amen!'<br/>They also shared a terrible secret known only to themselves and God.<br/>It's a secret that history failed to uncover in the last 1250 years.