Charlemagne

Charlemagne
Author: Matthias Becher
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780300107586

Charlemagne was the first emperor of medieval Europe and almost immediately after his death in 814 legends spread about his military and political prowess and the cultural glories of his court at Aix-la-Chapelle.

The Medieval Charlemagne Legend

The Medieval Charlemagne Legend
Author: Susan E. Farrier
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2024-01-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1135736618

Originally published in 1993, The Medieval Charlemagne Legend is a selective bibliography for the literary scholar, of historical and literary material relating to Charlemagne. The book provides a chronological listing of sources on the legend and man is split into three distinct sections, covering the history of Charlemagne, the literature of Charlemagne and the medieval biography and chronicle of Charlemagne.

Coinage and Coin Use in Medieval Italy

Coinage and Coin Use in Medieval Italy
Author: Alessia Rovelli
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000947599

The volume gathers together seventeen articles dedicated to the monetary history of medieval Italy, most of them newly translated into English. The articles in the first section of the volume trace the development of monetisation in Italy from the Lombard period until the rise of the communes, taking Rome, Lazio, Tuscany, and several cities and regions in north-central Italy as case studies. The articles in the second section analyse different aspects of monetary production and circulation in Byzantine Italy, while the third gathers together studies on various aspects of Carolingian coinage: the transition from the Lombard system and the problem of furnishing an adequate supply of silver; mints and royal administration; and the activity and inactivity of mints operating at the edges of the Regnum Italiae. All of the articles share the author’s characteristic concern with setting the evidence from written sources against the wealth of new data emerging from recent archaeological research.

Charlemagne

Charlemagne
Author: Tammy Gagne
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2019-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 154574601X

The English called him Charles I. The Germans referred to him as Karl der Grosse. In Latin he was known as Carolus Magnus. Today he is best known by his French name—Charlemagne. It means Charles the Great, which is no surprise, for this Frankish king went down in history as the ruler who united the European continent. Charlemagne’s passion for Christianity along with his skill as a military leader set him apart from the other leaders of his era. By drawing on these qualities, he converted the masses to Christianity as quickly as he brought them under his rule. As time went on, Charlemagne’s massive kingdom just kept expanding further and further.