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Two Lives of Charlemagne

Einhard author Notker the Stammerer author David Ganz translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:31st Jul '08

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Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is 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.

ISBN: 9780140455052

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 9mm

Weight: 123g

160 pages