Two Lives of Charlemagne - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Einhard, Notker the Stammerer, David GanzSeries:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2008-09-30Pages:160
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455052ISBN-10:140455051UPC:9780140455052Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:7.76 x 5.14 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SCBHFH9WGB
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455052ISBN-10:140455051UPC:9780140455052Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:7.76 x 5.14 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SCBHFH9WGB
Einhard was born of noble parents in the Main valley around A.D. 770. He became a friend of Charlemagne and his family, and was chosen to invite Charlemagne to crown his son as his successor in 813. After Charlemagne's death he was a loyal servant of Louis the Pious, and he died in 840. Notker the Stammerer (A.D. 840-912), also called Notker I, Notker the Poet or Notker of Saint Gall, was a musician, author, poet, and Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall in modern Switzerland.
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