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From his father, Charlemagne inherited only a part of the Frankish kingdom - little more than half of modern France and the Low Countries. Before his astonishing career had ended, he had conquered half of Europe and his armies had marched through Italy, Germany, and Spain. In a glittering Christmas Day ceremony in Rome, in the year 800, he was crowned the new Holy Roman Emperor. More than the heroic conqueror of Western Europe, Charlemagne was an intense and thoughtful human being. His succession of five wives brought him a palace full of children. So warm was his love for his daughters that he could never bear to see them married away from the court, even though enticing alliances with other rulers were offered them. A deeply religious man, Charlemagne became the protector of orthodox Christianity against medieval heresies. A patron of learning, he established schools and brought artists and scholars to his court to work and study. As a result, most classical literature comes down to us in copies of books made in Charlemagne's time. Here, from National Book Award winner Richard Winston, is his remarkable story.
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- Published on: 2015-10-29
- Released on: 2015-10-29
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful. Definitive work on Charlemagne By 52 weeks, 52 books Winston seems to know things that other authors don't. For instance, authors differ on whether Charlemagne was literate or not. Winston gives the academic credentials of the tutor Charles and his brother had as teenagers--and throws in an account of an hours long speech that Charles gave in Latin. As an author and lecturer myself, I have three copies of this book---one audio, one for making notes in, and one to keep for posterity.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful. Best English biography of Charles the Great By Mr. Burke I see Charles the Great and the Carolingian renaissance that he brought about as a bridge between the ancient and modern worlds. I see this man with one foot in ancient Rome and one foot in modern Europe and his bridge connects me to the ancient empires that reach across time to influence the modern West. Winston says it best describing the Pope's gift to Charles of a copy of the "Canons of the Roman Church" which was a distillation of a thousand years of Roman jurisprudence as a thing to " fuse the disparate Roman and Teutonic traditions into one Europe and the person of Charles represents at once the raw metals and the end product of the alloy." This incredible biography, without question the best ever written about Charlemagne in the English language and one of the greatest biographies of the 20th century, is a thrilling and poignant chronicle of the greatest of Medieval kings. I loved reading this book.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Excellent overview By 52 weeks, 52 books Americans tend to look at all European history by way of England while Europeans acknowledge Charlemagne as the greatest king of all. His realm covered 3/4 of Europe and lasted for 47 years. He was a champion of learning and of written law. For 900 years after his death, no one could be crowned king of Germany (Hapsburg Empire, Holy Roman Empire) until they had sat on Charlemagne's throne in Aachen, Germany. This book by Winston is an overview with magnificent pictures.
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