Collection
Status
Available
Description
Einhard's Two Lives of Charlemagneis an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history- Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800AD. By contrast, Notker's account, written some decades after Charlemagne's death, is a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts.
Publication
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1969.
ISBN
0140442138 / 9780140442137
Pages
227
Language
Original language
Latin
Original publication date
0830