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Charlemagne: Father of a Continent (Hardcover)

by A Barbero (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 426 pages
  • Publisher: University of California Press (3 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0520239431
  • ISBN-13: 978-0520239432
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 444,767 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Barbero's lively and entertaining study provides a superb overview of the latest scholarship on the Carolingian age and constructs a compelling argument for Charlemagne's pivotal role as the father of Europe. We gain a sense of the look and feel of peasant villages, the dynamic interplay of monastic economies and long-distance trade, and the manipulation of justice by local notables. This is histoire totale at its best." - Sharon Farmer, author of Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris; "This up-to-date account focuses on the man and his times while clearly and judiciously dealing with key historiographical issues. Barbero explores and explodes the myths that have grown up around the emperor." - Barbara H. Rosenwein, Loyola University"


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The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great - Charlemagne - reigned from A.D. 768 to A.D. 814. At the time if his death, his empire stretched across Europe to include Bavaria, Saxony, parts of Spain, and Italy. With a remarkable grasp of detail and a sweeping knowledge of Carolingian institutions and economy, Barbero not only brings Charlemagne to life with accounts of his physical appearance, tastes and habits, family life, and ideas and actions but also conveys what it meant to be king of the Franks and, later, emperor. He recounts how Charlemagne ruled his empire, kept justice, and waged wars. He vividly describes the nature of everyday life at that time, how the economy functioned, and how Christians perceived their religion. Barbero's absorbing analysis of how concepts of slavery and freedom were subtly altered as feudal relations began to grow underscores the dramatic changes that the emperor's wars brought to the political landscape. Engaging and informed by deep scholarship, this latest account provides a new and richer context for considering one of history's most fascinating personalities.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly book but good, 9 Jun 2007
By haunted (IRELAND) - See all my reviews
This book isn't really an orthodox biography of Charlemagne but more an in depth look at society in his empire.

This was a bit disappoining at first when I realised it but the book is so well researched and written (and translated!) that I enjoyed it.

There are chapters on Charlemagne's own life but most of the book is made up of general chapters on the economy,legal system,military system,agriculture, the role of the church etc.

I still might like to read a more standard chronological biography even after enjoying this one.
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