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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789914203321

Titolo

Charlemagne and Louis the Pious : the lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer / / translated with introductions and annotations by Thomas F. X. Noble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

0-271-05884-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p. ) : map ;

Disciplina

944/.01420922

Soggetti

HISTORY / Medieval

France Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- introduction -- Einhard, the life of Charles the emperor Introduction -- The Life of Charles the Emperor notker the stammerer, the deeds of emperor Charles the great -- notker the stammerer, the deeds of emperor Charles the great Introduction -- The Deeds of Emperor Charles the Great -- ermoldus nigellus, in honor of louis Introduction -- thegan, the deeds of emperor louis Introduction -- The Deeds of Emperor Louis -- the astronomer, the life of emperor louis Introduction -- The Life of Emperor Louis -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Translations of ninth-century lives of the emperors Charlemagne (by Einhard and Notker) and his son Louis the Pious (by Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer). Presented chronologically and contextually, with commentary"--Provided by publisher.