The Life of Charlemagne (Illustrated) E-Book

Einhard

• Herausgeber: Enhanced Media Publishing
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Charles I or Charlemagne united most of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany. He was the first recognized Roman emperor in the West since the collapse of the Roman Empire three centuries earlier and ruled absolutely over a vast domain for thirteen years.

Einhard’s biography of the Carolingian Empire’s founder The Life of Charlemagne: Vita Karoli Magni is one of the most famous pieces of literature on the early Middle Ages. It is both an epic and personal account of the legendary warrior king who was known as the Father of Europe, providing fascinating insight into his political success, battlefield strategy, foreign and domestic policies, friends, enemies and personal habits. For scholars of military science it is an essential bridge text linking the masterworks of ancient strategy like The Art of War and Commentarii de Bello Gallico with the future writings of Machiavelli, Clausewitz, et al. 

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Leseprobe

THE LIFE OF CHARLEMAGNE

By Einhard

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Translated by Samuel Epes Turner

The Life of Charlemagne By Einhard. Translated by Samuel Epes Turner. First published in 1880.

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MAP OF FRANCIA, EARLY 8TH CENTURY

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Table of Contents

THE LIFE OF CHARLEMAGNE

INTRODUCTION

The Merovingian Family

Charlemagne's Ancestors

Charlemagne's Accession

Plan of This Work

Aquitanian War

Lombard War

Saxon War

Spanish Expedition

Submission of the Bretons and Beneventans

Tassilo and the Bavarian Campaign

Slavic War

War with the Huns

Danish War

Extent of Charlemagne's Conquests

Foreign Relations

Public Works

Private Life

Conspiracies Against Charlemagne

Charlemagne's Treatment of Foreigners

Personal Appearance

Dress

Habits

Studies

Piety

Generosity

Charlemagne Crowned Emperor

Reforms

Coronation of Louis - Charlemagne's Death

Burial

Omens of Death

Will

IMAGE GALLERY

Einhard as scribe

Map of Francia, early 8th century

Einhard memorial in the German city of Eschweiler

Pope Adrian asks Charlemagne for help from invaders

Charlemagne (left) and Pepin the Hunchback (10

Charlemagne instructing Louis the Pious

Mask reliquary of Charlemagne, located at Cathedral Treasury in Aachen

Harun al-Rashid receiving a delegation of Charlemagne in Baghdad, by Julius Köckert (1864)

Charlemagne receives the submission of Widukind at Paderborn in 785, by Ary Scheffer (1795–1858)

Statue of Charlemagne by Agostino Cornacchini (1725)

THE LIFE OF CHARLEMAGNE

INTRODUCTION

SINCE I have taken upon myself to narrate the public and private life, and no small part of the deeds, of my lord and foster-father, the most lent and most justly renowned King Charles, I have condensed the matter into as brief a form as possible. I have been careful not to omit any facts that could come to my knowledge, but at the same time not to offend by a prolix style those minds that despise everything modern, if one can possibly avoid offending by a new work men who seem to despise also the masterpieces of antiquity, the works of most learned and luminous writers. Very many of them, l have no doubt, are men devoted to a life of literary leisure, who feel that the affairs of the present generation ought not to be passed by, and who do not consider everything done [...]