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.
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