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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: The Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer Hardcover – 1 Jan. 2009

by Thomas F. X. Noble (Editor)
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Carolingian historical texts have long stood at the base of our modern knowledge about the eighth and ninth centuries. The ninth century gave birth to a new revival of secular biography, which has come to be recognized as one of the brightest bands in the spectrum of Carolingian historical writing. This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period.

Thomas F. X. Noble’s new English translations of these five important texts—Einhard’s Life of Emperor Charles, Notker’s Deeds of Charles the Great, Ermoldus Nigellus’s Poem in Honor of Louis, Thegan’s Deeds of Emperor Louis, and the Life of Louis by “the Astronomer”—are each accompanied by a short introduction and a note on “Essential Reading.” Offering details on matters of style, sources used by the author, and the influence, if any, exerted by the text, Noble provides a context for each translation without compromising the author’s intended voice. By “reuniting” these five essential medieval texts in an English translation, this volume makes these voices accessible to scholars and non-experts alike throughout the Anglophone world.

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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pennsylvania State University Press
  4. Publication date
    1 Jan. 2009
  5. Dimensions
    23.8 x 16.43 x 2.54 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0271035730
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0271035734
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"Noble's book has a very specific thematic focus that makes it especially appealing for use in lower-division classes. . . . Noble has presented us with lucid translations of five important works of secular biography from the Carolingian period, each adorned with learned . . . introductions and up-to-date bibliographies."

--Scott Bruce The Medieval Review



"The new translations of these five lives and their very useful introductions and notes make this work a prodigious achievement and an extremely valuable and most welcome contribution to Carolingian studies."

--Steven Fanning The Historian

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This book makes available, for the first time in one volume, English translations of all five of the royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pennsylvania State University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 Jan. 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0271035730
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0271035734
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 590 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.8 x 16.43 x 2.54 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 3,602 in Royal Historical Biographies
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  • Bookworm
    5.0 out of 5 stars Carolingian Sources
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2013
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    I have not read all of this yet; but as the title states it includes the Medieval Lives of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious. The two lives of Charlemagne have been translated sometime ago, and were readily available in Penguin translation. The three lives of Louis were not readily accessible in English translation. Each of the Lives has a brief translation, covering the history of the text and what is known about the life and motives of the author. The book manages to convey an important historical fact; for much oif the modern period, Charlemagne has been portayed as a great and heroic Frenchman, German, or European; and Louis as his wellmeaning but incompetant and ill-advised son, who undid most of his father's work. For their contemporaries both were important and in medieval terms successful monarchs. Louis is judged by his failure to manage his sons, but Charlemagne had difficulties in this area, as did a number of other highly succesful medeival monarchs, Henry II of England, being a good example. Penn State press have published other medieval source books such as Foulke's translation of The History of the Lombards by Paul the Deacon, The Chronicle of Theophanes, and Maurikes Strategikon; the latter two previously very diffiocult to get in English translation. The book is pitched at those who want to deepen their knowledge of Carolingian history, and students undertaking degrees in medieval History.
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  • Norm Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive collection of lives of early Carolingian rulers
    Reviewed in the United States on 30 November 2010
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    Thomas Noble has gathered all of the essential contemporary or near contemporary Lives of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious into one slim volume. While the lives of Charlemagne by Einhard and Notker have been around for a long time in Penguin paperbacks, and Thegan's 'Life of Louis' recently became available in "Carolingian Civilization: A Reader" by Paul Edward Dutton, the new translations of the "Vita Hludovici" by the Astronomer, and "In Honour of Louis" by Ermoldus Nigellus, are are alone worth the price of the book.

    Strongly recommended for those interested in early Carolingian history.
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  • Dbecker311
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great historical refrence to the life of Charlamagne and his ...
    Reviewed in the United States on 12 April 2016
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    This is a great historical refrence to the life of Charlamagne and his kingdom he created during and after his death!
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