Pertz, G.H., ed.; Waitz, George, ed.; Holder-Egger, Oswald, ed., Einhardi Vita Karoli Magni (Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Hanover: Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani) Read this source online
Text name(s): Vita Karoli Magni; Life of Charlemagne; Carmen de Pippini regis victoria avarica; Versus Paulini de Herico duce; Litania Karolina; Incipit planctus Karoli; and De Sancto Karolo.
Number of pages of primary source text: 40
Author(s):
Dates: 742 - 830
Archival Reference:
Original Language(s):
- Latin
Translation:
- Original language included.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s):
- Holy Roman Empire
- France
County/Region:
Record Types:
- Chronicle, Annals
- Memoir
Subject Headings:
- War - Military History
- Royalty / Monarchs
- Reform
- Carolingians
- Historiography
Apparatus:
- Index
- Appendix
- Introduction
Comments:
Einhard was brought to Charlemagne’s court to help Charlemagne with his intellectual pursuits. Einhard was a close confidant of Charlemagne, and thus his biography provides a rather intimate portrait of the man, although recent scholars have questioned Einhard’s motives for writing the text and their effect on its accuracy. Appendix (p. [42]-52) contains: Carmen de Pippini regis victoria avarica a 796; Versus Paulini de Herico duce; Litania Karolina; Incipit planctus Karoli; and De Sancto Karolo. The full Latin text of the Vita Karoli Magni can be found on the Bibliotecha Augustana website.
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