Charlemagne
By Jean Favier

Charlemagne is a man of a myth – successor to the Caesars he ended up influencing the history of France as well as wider Europe. In this new edition of biography on the grand scale Jean Favier paints a nuanced portrait, while tackling the problems of distinguishing between the myth and the reality.

First he places the man in his historical context and provides a portrait of a king directed towards one goal: the political end religious unity of Western Christendom. But he also touches upon the – perhaps – more mythical matters: his joy of Latin Poetry, his interest in schools and education etc. At 769 pages and written by one of France’s foremost historians, yet another portrait does not seem superfluous.

 

Charlemagne
By Jean Favier
Broché: 769 pages
Editeur : Editions Tallandier 2013. 1. edition 1999
Langue : Français
ISBN-13: 979-1021000810
EUR 12,26