عنوان

Charlemagne /

(Number (ISBN

0674737393

(Number (ISBN

9780674737396

Erroneous ISBN

0674973399

Erroneous ISBN

9780674973398

Title Proper

Charlemagne /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Johannes Fried ; translated by Peter Lewis.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London, England :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 673 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color), maps, plans, portraits ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

"This book was originally published as Karl der Grosse (c) Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, Munchen 2013"--Title page verso.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-645) and index.

Text of Note

Boyhood -- The Frankish empire and the wider world -- The warrior king -- Power structures -- The ruler -- The royal court -- Reviving the title of emperor -- Imperator Augustus -- Epilogue: myths and sainthood.

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Text of Note

"When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating the life and reign of a ruler who shaped Europe's destiny in ways few figures, before or since, have equaled. Living in an age of faith, Charlemagne was above all a Christian king, Fried says. He made his court in Aix la Chapelle the center of a religious and intellectual renaissance, enlisting the Anglo Saxon scholar Alcuin of York to be his personal tutor, and insisting that monks be literate and versed in rhetoric and logic. He erected a magnificent cathedral in his capital, decorating it lavishly while also dutifully attending Mass every morning and evening. And to an extent greater than any ruler before him, Charlemagne enhanced the papacy's influence, becoming the first king to enact the legal principle that the pope was beyond the reach of temporal justice a decision with fateful consequences for European politics for centuries afterward. Though devout, Charlemagne was not saintly. He was a warrior king, intimately familiar with violence and bloodshed. And he enjoyed worldly pleasures, including physical love. Though there are aspects of his personality we can never know with certainty, Fried paints a compelling portrait of a ruler, a time, and a kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called "the father of Europe."--Provided by publisher.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Harvard Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumbreland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226

Title

Karl der Grosse.

International Standard Book Number

9783406652899

General Material Designation

Karl der Grosse.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Charlemagne,742-814.

Charlemagne,742-814.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.

HISTORY / Europe / General.

HISTORY / Medieval.

Kings and rulers.

France, History, To 987.

Holy Roman Empire, History, To 1517.

Holy Roman Empire, Kings and rulers, Biography.

Europe, Holy Roman Empire.

France.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Fried, Johannes

Lewis, Peter,1958-

Date of Transaction

20200822121930.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

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Electronic name

[Book]

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