Two lives of Charlemagne

by Lewis G. M. Thorpe

Paperback, 1969

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
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