Charlemagne / by Matthias Becher ; translated by David S. Bachrach.
2003
DC73 .B4313 2003
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Title
Charlemagne / by Matthias Becher ; translated by David S. Bachrach.
Author
Uniform Title
Karl der Grosse. English
ISBN
0300097964 (alk. paper)
9780300097962 (alk. paper)
0300107587 (pbk.)
9780300107586 (pbk.)
9780300097962 (alk. paper)
0300107587 (pbk.)
9780300107586 (pbk.)
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Language
English
Description
170 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Call Number
DC73 .B4313 2003
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52070736
Summary
"Charlemagne - ruler of the vast Frankish kingdom from 768 to his death in 814 and emperor from the year 800 - is considered the father of Europe. He founded the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome, and his court at Aix-la-Chapelle was a center of classical learning and a focus of the Carolingian Renaissance. This book is an introduction to Charlemagne's life and legend."--Jacket.
Note
"Originally published in a slightly different form as Karl der Grosse, 1999, by C.H. Beck, Munich"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
I. The highpoint of his reign: the imperial coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day in the year 800
II. From the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to Charlemagne's accession to power in 768: a short history of the kingdom of the Franks
III. Charlemagne's youth and the first years of his reign: from son of the Mayor of the palace to Conqueror of Italy
IV. The expansion of the Frankish Kingdom in the East: Saxons, Bavarians, and Avars
V. Charlemagne, the papacy, and the Byzantine Emperor
VI. Ruling the empire
VII. Charlemagne's family and the arrangement of his succession
VIII. Hero and saint: the afterlife of Charlemagne.
II. From the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to Charlemagne's accession to power in 768: a short history of the kingdom of the Franks
III. Charlemagne's youth and the first years of his reign: from son of the Mayor of the palace to Conqueror of Italy
IV. The expansion of the Frankish Kingdom in the East: Saxons, Bavarians, and Avars
V. Charlemagne, the papacy, and the Byzantine Emperor
VI. Ruling the empire
VII. Charlemagne's family and the arrangement of his succession
VIII. Hero and saint: the afterlife of Charlemagne.
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