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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 August 2015
      24 April 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511803314
      9780521886727
      9780521716451
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803314
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.88kg, 480 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.76kg, 480 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
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    Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
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    Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. This magisterial study re-examines Charlemagne the ruler and his reputation. It analyses the narrative representations of Charlemagne produced after his death, and thereafter focuses on the evidence from Charlemagne's lifetime concerning the creation of the Carolingian dynasty and the growth of the kingdom, the court and the royal household, communications and identities in the Frankish realm in the context of government, and Charlemagne's religious and cultural strategies. The book offers a critical examination of the contemporary sources and in so doing transforms our understanding of the development of the Carolingian empire, the formation of Carolingian political identity, and the astonishing changes effected throughout Charlemagne's forty-six year period of rule. This is a major contribution to Carolingian history which will be essential reading for anyone interested in the medieval past. Rosamond McKitterick has also received the 2010 Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for History for her research into the Carolingians.

    Reviews

    '… this erudite study sheds much new light on Charlemagne.'

    Source: NRC Handelsblad

    'This is an important study, a reflection of a life spent considering and writing on Carolingian issues. It supersedes existing studies on Charlemagne in English and, to my mind, those in French as well.'

    Source: The Historical Association

    '[A] magisterial study of this historical figure'

    Source: H-German

    '… this book is a mile-stone in Carolingian scholarship, a critically significant reappraisal of the celebrated emperor and of the impact of his rule, and an achievement which cannot fail to stimulate further work on a number of fronts.'

    Source: English Historical Review

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