Research Catalog

Title

Two lives of Charlemagne / Einhard and Notker the Stammerer ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Ganz.

Author

Einhard, approximately 770-840

Publication

London ; New York : Penguin, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Notker, Balbulus, approximately 840-912
• Ganz, David

Description

xx, 131 p. : ill., maps; 20 cm.

Summary

"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 800. By contrast, Notker's account, written some decades after Charlemagne's death, is a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts. In these stories, which merge into fiction, Charlemagne is already half way to becoming the legendary figure of later medieval epics."--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

Penguin classics

Uniform Title

Penguin classics

Subject

• Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814
• Geschichte
• Holy Roman Empire > Kings and rulers > Biography > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Early works
• Early works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-131).

Language (note)

• Translated from the Latin.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

General introduction --- Chronology --- The family of Charlemagne --- Einhard : the life of Charlemagne, introduction --- Notker the Stammerer : the deeds of Charlemagne, introduction.

ISBN

• 9780140455052 (pbk.)
• 0140455051 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 226280161
• SCSB-11488425

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library