| Description |
88 pages : colour illustrations, colour facsimiles, 1 genealogical table, 1 map ; 26cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Charlemagne, King and emperor. The military campaigns ; Diplomacy and administration ; The Carolingian renaissance -- Einhard the Frank -- The vita caroli of Einhard -- The life of Charlemagne -- Walahfrid Strabo's Prologue -- Einhard's introduction -- Book I : The early Carolingians -- Book II : The wars and political affairs of Charlemagne -- Book III : The Emperor's private life -- Book IV : The Emperor's last years and death -- Book V : Charlemagne's last will and testament -- Map of the lands of the franks -- Genealogy of the Carolingians -- Sources of illustrations |
| Analysis |
Europe Charlemagne, Emperor of the West Biographies |
| Notes |
This translation originally published, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969 |
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Translation of Vita Caroli Magni |
| Subject |
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.
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Middle Ages -- Sources.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103622
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Holy Roman Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115353
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Thorpe, Lewis, 1913-1977.
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| LC no. |
60216107 |
| ISBN |
0850670306 |
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