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Overview"Charlemagne's impact on Europe -- on the world -- cannot be underestimated. He brought together diverse cultures in his empire, supported scholarship, and established the power of the Christian church. In Early Lives of Charlemagne, we receive two views of the emperor within a century of his death. According to translator and editor A.J. Grant, the differences are instructive. In the treatment by Eginhard, who was Charlemagne's personal secretary, we read a ""restrained, positive, well-arranged narrative"" that ""distorts the facts of history wonderfully little."" In contrast, the Monk of Saint Gall's version was written about seventy years after the emperor's death, when ""the mist of legend and myth steamed up rapidly from the grave of a well-known figure."" Taken together, these essays provide information not only about Charles the Great, but also about the task of writing history and biography." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eginhard , Of St Gall Monk of St Gall , Ca 770-840 EinhardPublisher: Cosimo Classics Imprint: Cosimo Classics Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.236kg ISBN: 9781596050464ISBN 10: 1596050462 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 01 May 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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