Genghis Khan: A Mastermind or a Member of the Loony Bin?

Genghis Khan does have some tendencies to do what people would normally not do.  An example of this would be when Genghis shot an arrow at his half-brother an killing him solely based upon his half-brother stealing on of his fishes.  Despite these abnormal behaviors, I believe that Genghis Khan was a great leader.  One argument made against Genghis Khan's sanity was the fact that he murdered a gigantic number of people.  Other Mongolian leaders are not looked at as being insane, yet they did the same thing on a smaller scale; their lifestyle was based upon raiding others to gain supplies and women.  Other great leaders are not innocent either; they had to have murdered a lot of people as well.  Genghis Khan was not a killing machine either.  He was a compassionate man who tried to rationalize the attacks and slaying of his victims.

Charlemagne's "Capitulary de Villis"

On the basis of the "Capitulary de Villis," how would you characterize the conditions of material life in the Carolingian countryside?

The "Capitulary de Villis" makes the life of ordinary people seem repetitive and tedious.  They work to build up their wealth and resources and maybe earn some extra money, but then they have to keep on giving a portion of their built up resources to their lords.  Food products was one thing that they could perhaps stockpile a small amount of, but, "two-thirds shall be sent each year," to the lords for their own use.  While the peasants were struggling, the lords observed a life filled with much more luxury.  Stewards would take care of the money and the accounts of the livestock and such from each peasant family.  Other stewards would be tasked to prepare grandiose meals for their lord or to clean the house.