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100 1 $aNelson, Janet L.$q(Janet Laughland),$d1942-$eauthor.
245 10 $aKing and emperor :$ba new life of Charlemagne /$cJanet L. Nelson.
264 1 $aOakland, California :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2019]
300 $axxxi, 668 pages :$billustrations, maps, genealogical tables ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 581-648) and index.
520 $a"Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual curiosity, he was a man of many parts, a warlord and conqueror, a judge who promised 'for each their law and justice', a defender of the Latin Church, a man of flesh-and-blood. In the twelve centuries since his death, warfare, accident, vermin, and the elements have destroyed much of the writing on his rule, but a remarkable amount has survived. Janet Nelson's wonderful new book brings together everything we know about Charles, sifting through the available evidence, literary and material, to paint a vivid portrait of the man and his motives. Building on Nelson's extraordinary knowledge, this biography is a sort of detective story, prying into and interpreting the fascinating and often obdurate scraps of evidence, from prayer books to skeletons, gossip to artwork. Charles's legacy lies in his deeds and their continuing resonance, as he shaped counties, countries, and continents, founded and rebuilt towns and monasteries, and consciously set himself up not just as King of the Franks, but as the head of the renewed Roman Empire. His successors--in some ways even up to the present day--have struggled to interpret, misinterpret, copy, or subvert his legacy. Janet Nelson gets us as close as we can ever hope to come to the real figure of Charles the man as understood in his own time"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Family stories Charles might have known -- The child in the family -- Family fortunes -- Charles in Italy -- Peace and war: 774-9 -- The family deployed, '...all Saxony subjugated' -- Boundary-crossings -- Franks, Bavarians, and new thinking: 787-9 -- The Regensburg years -- Saxons, Saracens, Northmen and the Council of Frankfurt: 792-4 -- The beginning of the end of the Saxon Wars: 792-9 -- Interesting times, dangerous times -- Fin de siècle : debut de siècle: Romanum gubernans imperium -- The Aachen years -- 'Charles, by the bounty of divine grace emperor and augustus...to his beloved and honourable brother Michael glorious emperor and augustus' -- By way of conclusion.
600 00 $aCharlemagne,$cEmperor,$d742-814.
651 0 $aFrance$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yTo 987.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y392-814.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aNelson, Janet L. (Janet Laughland), 1942-$tKing and emperor.$dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]$z9780520973947$w(DLC) 2019010384
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