LEADER 03331nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910809090703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-18468-5 010 $a90-04-24477-8 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004244771 035 $a(CKB)2670000000333896 035 $a(EBL)1128368 035 $a(OCoLC)829461152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832850 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11443002 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832850 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10935232 035 $a(PQKB)10789541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1128368 035 $a(OCoLC)828627258 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004244771 035 $a(PPN)174396104 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000333896 100 $a20121130d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCharlemagne's early campaigns (768-777) $ea diplomatic and military analysis /$fby Bernard S. Bachrach 210 $aBoston $cBrill$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (743 p.) 225 0$aHistory of warfare,$x1385-7827 ;$vv. 82 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-22410-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTwo kings: Charlemagne and Carloman -- Italy in flux: opportunities and problems -- The Saxon War: phase one -- The unwanted war -- The Siege of Pavia -- The fall of Pavia and its aftermath -- The Saxon War: phase two -- The Friuli diversion -- The "end" of the Saxon War -- Integration of the Saxon territory -- Conclusions. 330 $aCharlemagne's Early Campaigns is the first book-length study of Charlemagne at war and its focus on the period 768-777 makes clear that the topic, for his forty-six year reign, is immense. The neglect of Charlemagne's campaigns and the diplomacy that undergirded them has truncated our understanding of the creation of the Carolingian empire and the great success enjoyed by its leader, who ranks with Frederick the Great and Napoleon among Europe's best. The critical deployment here of the numerous narrative and documentary sources combined with the systematic use of the immense corpus of archaeological evidence, much of which the result of excavations undertaken since World War II, is applied here, in detail, for the first time in order to broaden our understanding of Charlemagne's military strategy and campaign tactics. Charlemagne and his advisers emerge as very careful planners, with a thorough understanding of Roman military thinking, who were dedicated to the use of overwhelming force in order to win whenever possible without undertaking bloody combat. Charlemagne emerges from this study, to paraphrase a observation attributed to Scipio Africanus, as a military commander and not a warrior. 410 0$aHistory of Warfare$v82. 606 $aMilitary art and science$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aMilitary history, Medieval 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary history, Medieval. 676 $a944/.0142 700 $aBachrach$b Bernard S.$f1939-$0451235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809090703321 996 $aCharlemagne's early campaigns (768-777)$94055919 997 $aUNINA