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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious - Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,234
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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious - Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer (Hardcover): Thomas F. X Noble

Charlemagne and Louis the Pious - Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer (Hardcover)

Thomas F. X Noble

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Carolingian historical texts have long stood at the base of our modern knowledge about the eighth and ninth centuries. The ninth century gave birth to a new revival of secular biography, which has come to be recognized as one of the brightest bands in the spectrum of Carolingian historical writing. This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period.

Thomas F. X. Noble's new English translations of these five important texts--Einhard's Life of Emperor Charles, Notker's Deeds of Charles the Great, Ermoldus Nigellus's Poem in Honor of Louis, Thegan's Deeds of Emperor Louis, and the Life of Louis by "the Astronomer"--are each accompanied by a short introduction and a note on "Essential Reading." Offering details on matters of style, sources used by the author, and the influence, if any, exerted by the text, Noble provides a context for each translation without compromising the author's intended voice. By "reuniting" these five essential medieval texts in an English translation, this volume makes these voices accessible to scholars and non-experts alike throughout the Anglophone world.

General

Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2009
First published: 2009
Editors: Thomas F. X Noble
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-271-03573-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN: 0-271-03573-0
Barcode: 9780271035734

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