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100 1 $aWilson, Derek,$d1935-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032179
245 10 $aCharlemagne /$cDerek Wilson.
250 $a1st ed. in the United States of America.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axxv, 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: 2005 by Hutchinson.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and index.
520 1 $a"Charlemagne is seen by historians as the bridge between ancient and modern Europe. His Holy Roman Empire was the embodiment of an ideal that inspired leaders as different as Charles V, Napoleon, and Hitler, each of whom sought to make a unified Europe a reality again in his own time." "In this new biography, the first major study of Charlemagne in more than twenty-five years, Derek Wilson provides an account of his life, character, and accomplishments. Charlemagne transcends every notion we have of the traditional historical hero. A military strategist of Julius Caesar's caliber, he had no knowledge of classical history. A ruler with the sagacity of Marcus Aurelius, he ordered summary executions more reminiscent of Caligula or Nero. A devout believer who ensured the survival of Christianity in the West, he considered himself above the Church, sired numerous bastard children, and generated accusations of incest." "As Wilson describes a Church divided between the Latin West, with its capital in Rome, and the Greek Church of the East, with its capital in Constantinople, we see not only the emergence of Europe but the trials of a Church in flux. The politics of the day were in constant play and were mastered by Charlemagne with cunning and force. By marrying the military might of his army to the spiritual might of the Church in Rome, Charlemagne dominated his world and forged Western Christendom."--BOOK JACKET.
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