The Emperor Charlemagne
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The Emperor Charlemagne
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Author : Russell Chamberlin
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Release Date : 1986
The Emperor Charlemagne written by Russell Chamberlin and has been published by Franklin Watts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Traces the life of the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, assesses his impact on European history, and explains why he was such an effective ruler
The Emperor Charlemagne
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Author : E. R. Chamberlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-17
The Emperor Charlemagne written by E. R. Chamberlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An authoritative biography of the greatest ruler of the medieval period. The Emperor Charlemagne is an ideal book for readers of Tom Holland, Dan Jones and Helen Castor. On Christmas Day, 800, Charlemagne was crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' by Pope Leo III. Originally inheriting one half of his father's Frankish kingdom, by the time of his death in 814 he had put down rebellions in his own provinces, conquered the Lombards, fought against Saxons, Avars and Slavs in the east, clashed with Muslims in Spain, negotiated with the papacy and the Byzantine Empire, and united much of western and central Europe for the first time since the classical era of the Roman Empire. Under his guidance the Carolingian Renaissance flourished, with his capital of Aachen becoming a centre of learning and artistic genius. The legacy of Charlemagne on European history and culture is monumental. Yet, within thirty years of his death, his empire had fragmented. Who was this legendary ruler? How had he managed to rule these vast domains? And why has his legacy continued to influence Europeans to this day? E. R. Chamberlin's masterful biography of Charlemagne demonstrates the sheer force of will that this charismatic leader was able to command as he created a realm to rival the Byzantines in the east. Through the course of the book Chamberlin brings to life how Charlemagne forged his empire, and uncovers the people, the religious and political controversies, the social and agricultural conditions, and the changes in warfare that took place over one thousand years ago. The Emperor Charlemagne is an engrossing biography of one of the most legendary figures in history, and first embodiment of the ideal of European unity.
Pedigrees Of Some Of The Emperor Charlemagne S Descendants
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Author : Aileen Lewers Langston
language : en
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Release Date : 2009-12-01
Pedigrees Of Some Of The Emperor Charlemagne S Descendants written by Aileen Lewers Langston and has been published by Genealogical Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with Reference categories.
Emperor Of The World
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Author : Anne A. Latowsky
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-26
Emperor Of The World written by Anne A. Latowsky and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-26 with History categories.
Charlemagne never traveled farther east than Italy, but by the mid-tenth century a story had begun to circulate about the friendly alliances that the emperor had forged while visiting Jerusalem and Constantinople. This story gained wide currency throughout the Middle Ages, appearing frequently in chronicles, histories, imperial decrees, and hagiographies-even in stained-glass windows and vernacular verse and prose. In Emperor of the World, Anne A. Latowsky traces the curious history of this myth, revealing how the memory of the Frankish Emperor was manipulated to shape the institutions of kingship and empire in the High Middle Ages. The legend incorporates apocalyptic themes such as the succession of world monarchies at the End of Days and the prophecy of the Last Roman Emperor. Charlemagne's apocryphal journey to the East increasingly resembled the eschatological final journey of the Last Emperor, who was expected to end his reign in Jerusalem after reuniting the Roman Empire prior to the Last Judgment. Instead of relinquishing his imperial dignity and handing the rule of a united Christendom over to God as predicted, this Charlemagne returns to the West to commence his reign. Latowsky finds that the writers who incorporated this legend did so to support, or in certain cases to criticize, the imperial pretentions of the regimes under which they wrote. New versions of the myth would resurface at times of transition and during periods marked by strong assertions of Roman-style imperial authority and conflict with the papacy, most notably during the reigns of Henry IV and Frederick Barbarossa. Latowsky removes Charlemagne's encounters with the East from their long-presumed Crusading context and shows how a story that began as a rhetorical commonplace of imperial praise evolved over the centuries as an expression of Christian Roman universalism.
Pedigrees Of Some Of The Emperor Charlemagne S Descendants
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Author : Marcellus Donald Alexander von Redlich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Pedigrees Of Some Of The Emperor Charlemagne S Descendants written by Marcellus Donald Alexander von Redlich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with CHARLEMAGNE categories.
Descendants included most branches of European and British nobility and lived in most European nations, particularly France and Germany, as well as Great Britain, the United States, Canada and elsewhere. Many descendants were not among the nobility. Descendants are listed alphabetically within each volume (usually by surname, then given name--nobility often by given name).
The Emperor And The Elephant
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Author : Sam Ottewill-Soulsby
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-09-26
The Emperor And The Elephant written by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-26 with History categories.
A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources In the year 802, an elephant arrived at the court of the Emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, sent as a gift by the ʿAbbasid Caliph, Harun al-Rashid. This extraordinary moment was part of a much wider set of diplomatic relations between the Carolingian dynasty and the Islamic world, including not only the Caliphate in the east but also Umayyad al-Andalus, North Africa, the Muslim lords of Italy and a varied cast of warlords, pirates and renegades. The Emperor and the Elephant offers a new account of these relations. By drawing on Arabic sources that help explain how and why Muslim rulers engaged with Charlemagne and his family, Sam Ottewill-Soulsby provides a fresh perspective on a subject that has until now been dominated by and seen through western sources. The Emperor and the Elephant demonstrates the fundamental importance of these diplomatic relations to everyone involved. Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid’s imperial ambitions at home were shaped by their dealings abroad. Populated by canny border lords who lived in multiple worlds, the long and shifting frontier between al-Andalus and the Franks presented both powers with opportunities and dangers, which their diplomats sought to manage. Tracking the movement of envoys and messengers across the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean and beyond, and the complex ideas that lay behind them, this book examines the ways in which Christians and Muslims could make common cause in an age of faith.
Emperor Of The West
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Author : Hywel Williams
language : en
Publisher: Quercus
Release Date : 2011
Emperor Of The West written by Hywel Williams and has been published by Quercus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Through his foreign conquests & internal reforms, Charlemagne is a defining figure of both Western Europe & the Middle Ages. Crowned king of the Franks in 768, he expanded their kingdoms into an empire that incorporated much of western & central Europe. In this study, Hywel Williams explores every facet of Charlemagne's rule.
The Life Of Charlemagne
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Author : Einhard
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Life Of Charlemagne written by Einhard and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
Pedigrees Of Some Of The Emperor Charlemagne S Descendants
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Author : James Orton Buck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978-01-01
Pedigrees Of Some Of The Emperor Charlemagne S Descendants written by James Orton Buck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-01-01 with Families of royal descent categories.
Emperor Of The World
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Author : Anne A. Latowsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-04-15
Emperor Of The World written by Anne A. Latowsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-15 with History categories.
Exploring how the historical memory of Charlemagne was used to shape the institutions of kingship and empire in the High Middle Ages.