CharlemagneHarvard University Press, 10 окт. 2016 г. - Всего страниц: 673 When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating the life and reign of a ruler who shaped Europe’s destiny in ways few figures, before or since, have equaled. |
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Prologue | 1 |
Chapter 1 Boyhood | 14 |
Chapter 2 The Frankish Empire and the Wider World | 51 |
Chapter 3 The Warrior King | 91 |
Chapter 4 Power Structures | 164 |
Chapter 5 The Ruler | 213 |
Chapter 6 The Royal Court | 317 |
Chapter 7 Reviving the Title of Emperor | 373 |
Chapter 8 Imperator Augustus | 431 |
Myths and Sainthood | 515 |
Abbreviations | 557 |
Notes | 561 |
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Illustration Credits | 647 |
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