Two Lives of Charlemagne
Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman EmpireCharlemage ?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...
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Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman EmpireCharlemage ?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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140455052 (0140455051)
Publish date: September 30th 2008
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
France,
European History
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