Turner, Samuel Epes, The Life of Charlemagne (New York: Harper & Brothers. Reprint Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.) Read this source online
Text name(s): The Life of Charlemagne
Number of pages of primary source text: 0
Author(s):
Dates: 742 - 840
Archival Reference:
Original Language(s):
- Latin
Translation:
- Translated into English.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s):
- France
County/Region:
Record Types:
- Chronicle, Annals
- Memoir
Subject Headings:
- Government
- Carolingians
- Royalty / Monarchs
- War - Military History
Apparatus:
- 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. The complete text can be found on the Internet Medieval Sourcebook website, without any scholarly apparatus. It is also available at http://charlemagne.celtic-twilight.com/einhard/index.htm.
Introduction Summary:
The reprint edition has an introduction by Sidney Painter.
Cataloger: mk
