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By contrast, Notker's account, written some decades after Charlemagne's death, is a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800AD. While the veracity of events presented here may be questionable (the purpose of 'history' and 'biography' in the present is very different from 1300 years ago), they do provide an excellent sense of Charlemagnes time - which is. Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. The second account (Notkers) details the religious life of Charlemagne, placing him in an almost 'saintly' light. Translation of Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni imperatoris and of Notker's Gesta Karoli Magni as published in 1867 in v. BIC Classification: 1DDF 3F BGH HBJD HBLC. 888), says that Clement with his unnamed companion, both 'Scots of Ireland' 1 travelling in the company of traders, arrived on the coast of Gaul 'in the moment when Charlemagne had begun to reign as sole king' (i.e. It describes his personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800 AD. Gall, usually identified as Notker the Stammerer, who wrote a Life of Charlemagne dedicated to Charles the Fat (d. A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. Description for Two Lives of Charlemagne Paperback.
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