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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.
LIBRA DC73.6 .C44 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.
- Charlemagne.
- Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
- Louis.
- History.
- Holy Roman Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Holy Roman Empire.
- France--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- France.
- Kings and rulers.
- Holy Roman Empire--History--To 1517--Sources.
- France--History--To 987--Sources.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Einhard, The Life Of Charles The Emperor
- Introduction 7
- The Life of Chrales the Emperor 21
- Notker The Stammere, The Deeds Of Emperor Charles The Great
- Introduction 51
- The Deeds of Emperor Charles the Great 59
- Ermoldus Nigellus, In Honor Of Louis
- Introduction 119
- In Honor of Louis, the Most Christian Caesar Augustus, by Ermoldus Nigellus, an Exile 127
- Thegan, The Deeds Of Emperor Louis
- Introduction 187
- The Deeds of Emperor Louis 194
- The Astronomer, The Life Of Emperor Louis
- Introduction 219
- The Life of Emperor Louis 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271035734
- 0271035730
- OCLC:
- 316772661
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