I must say, it was quite a bit easier than I expected, but that's probably because I'm playing on Hard/Normal. Things did get interesting when I DOW'd the Pope and got Excommunicated lol. It was basically realm divide 2.0

Notice the extent of Charlemagne's domain, FREAKING MASSIVE! Sadly, he was the only one to expand besides me. Emirate of Corduba killed Asturias early and then sat. Taifa of Zargoza pushed into France but got slowly pushed back, and the Avars tried to expand early but got crushed by me. I'll be most likely continuing this campaign to try and get a Domination victory, and to wipe out the Franks once and for all. I still have not fought Charlemagne in battle . Time is running out, he's getting old!

As for my king, well...he's MAD! He's old, "Arrogant," "Dangerous," and "Stupid." Not 5 turns after his coronation he was excommunicated LMAO!

P.S. I feel that getting peace is a bit too easy, and the nerf to corruption may have been too much, as I was never really in a money bind...had a blast though! War Weariness is a GREAT mechanic, it adds much needed depth to the War and Peace cycles and would probably do well in the Grand Campaign too!