Two Lives of Charlemagne

Informationen zum Autor Einhard and Notker the Stammerer; Translated with an Introduction and Notes by David Ganz Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his 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 800 AD.

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• Authors: Einhar, Einhard, Ca 770-840 Einhard, Einhard Notker the Stammerer, David Ganz, Notker der Stammler, Notker the Stammerer, Einhard Notker the Stammerer, Stammerer
• Assisted by: David Ganz (Editor), David Ganz (Translation), Ganz David (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780140455052
• ISBN: 978-0-14-045505-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; France, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / Europe / France, Biography: royalty, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Biography: historical, political and military, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Ancient, classical and medieval texts