Life of Charlemagne
Author | : Einhard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Einhard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Einhard |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1969-07-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780140442137 |
Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich and varied portrait of the king from two perspectives: that of Einhard, a close friend and adviser, and of Notker, a monastic scholar and musician writing fifty years after Charlemagne's death. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author | : Janet L. Nelson |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 2019-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520314204 |
Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual curiosity, he was a man of many parts, a warlord and conqueror, a judge who promised "for each their law and justice," a defender of the Latin Church, a man of flesh and blood. In the twelve centuries since his death, warfare, accident, vermin, and the elements have destroyed much of the writing on his rule, but a remarkable amount has survived. Janet Nelson's wonderful new book brings together everything we know about Charles I, sifting through the available evidence, literary and material, to paint a vivid portrait of the man and his motives. Building on Nelson’s own extraordinary knowledge, this biography is a sort of detective story, prying into and interpreting fascinating and often obdurate scraps of evidence, from prayer books to skeletons, gossip to artwork. Charles’s legacy lies in his deeds and their continuing resonance, as he shaped counties, countries, and continents; founded and rebuilt towns and monasteries; and consciously set himself up not just as King of the Franks, but as the head of the renewed Roman Empire. His successors—even to the present day—have struggled to interpret, misinterpret, copy, or subvert his legacy. Janet Nelson gets us as close as we can hope to come to the real figure of Charles the man as he was understood in his own time.
Author | : Einhard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : 9780472060351 |
Author | : Einhard |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2020-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465532048 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2006-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1425005845 |
A remarkable biographical account by Einhard. It narrates in detail Charlemagne's legendary rise to power, his coronation as the Roman Emperor and his military movements. Einhard has superbly captured both the public and private life of this great ruler. A true classic, it is a sure treat for history lovers.
Author | : Thomas Hodgkin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas F. X. Noble |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0271035730 |
"Translations of ninth-century lives of the emperors Charlemagne (by Einhard and Notker) and his son Louis the Pious (by Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer). Presented chronologically and contextually, with commentary"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Johannes Fried |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 2016-10-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674973410 |
When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating the life and reign of a ruler who shaped Europe’s destiny in ways few figures, before or since, have equaled. Living in an age of faith, Charlemagne was above all a Christian king, Fried says. He made his court in Aix-la-Chapelle the center of a religious and intellectual renaissance, enlisting the Anglo-Saxon scholar Alcuin of York to be his personal tutor, and insisting that monks be literate and versed in rhetoric and logic. He erected a magnificent cathedral in his capital, decorating it lavishly while also dutifully attending Mass every morning and evening. And to an extent greater than any ruler before him, Charlemagne enhanced the papacy’s influence, becoming the first king to enact the legal principle that the pope was beyond the reach of temporal justice—a decision with fateful consequences for European politics for centuries afterward. Though devout, Charlemagne was not saintly. He was a warrior-king, intimately familiar with violence and bloodshed. And he enjoyed worldly pleasures, including physical love. Though there are aspects of his personality we can never know with certainty, Fried paints a compelling portrait of a ruler, a time, and a kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called “the father of Europe.”
Author | : Einhard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2018-07-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781387942084 |
This splendid edition contains both ancient biographies of Charles the Great by Einhard and the Monk of St. Gall, edited, translated and introduced by Arthur James Grant. Charlemagne is often termed the father of modern Europe, in that he implemented the earliest foundations of Germany, France, Holland and Belgium. Demonstrating great talents in both war and peace, Charles the Great was able to unite much of Europe to an extent unseen since the time of the Roman Empire. Although Charlemagne only reigned for fourteen years, his actions while on the Frankish throne were of far-ranging consequence. His wars against the Saxons, his expedition into Muslim Spain, and his strengthening of relations with the Papacy of Rome helped solidify Christianity within the European continent. Although his reign was violent, it ushered in civilization to Europe via unification of its peoples.