"Charlemagne, claimed by the Church as a saint, by the French as
their greatest king, by the Germans as their compatriot, by the
Italians as their emperor, heads all modern histories in one way or
another; he is the creator of a new order of things, " wrote the
historian Sismondi in 1821. In this fascinating book, available for
the first time in an English translation, Robert Morrissey explores
a millennium's worth of history and myth surrounding Charlemagne
(768-814).
Charlemagne's persona -- derived from a blending of myth,
history, and poetry -- assumes a constitutional value in France,
where for more than ten centuries it was deemed useful to trace
national privileges and undertakings back to Charlemagne. His
plasticity, Morrissey argues, endows Charlemagne with both
legitimizing power and subversive potential. Part 1 of the book
explores a fundamental cycle in the history of Charlemagne's
representation, beginning shortly after the great emperor's death
and continuing to the end of the sixteenth century. Part 2 of the
book discusses the remythologizing of Charlemagne in Renaissance
and Reformation France through the late nineteenth century.
At a time when a new Europe is being created and when France
continues to redefine and reinvent itself, Morrissey's detailed
study of how history has been reappropriated is particularly
valuable.
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