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Early Lives of Charlemagne by Eginhard and the Monk of St Gall edited by Prof. A. J. Grant

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Note The notes, keyed to line numbers in the source edition, have been converted to footnotes. Their position has been corrected as necessary. Minor emendations have been made to punctuation and spelling. Running heads and the publisher’s catalogue have been omitted.
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Two early medieval ecclesiastical biographies of a powerful ruler are brought together: a concise, first-hand account by a court insider that emphasizes factual, administrative, and personal details with a restrained style; and a later monastic narrative that blends devotional anecdotes, legendary episodes, and moralizing digressions. An introductory apparatus compares their approaches, assesses reliability, and situates the texts for readers, while edited notes and footnotes clarify language and variants. Together they offer complementary perspectives—one useful for corroborated historical detail, the other for the period's popular memory and mythmaking.

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Title: Early Lives of Charlemagne by Eginhard and the Monk of St Gall edited by Prof. A. J. Grant

Author: Einhard

Balbulus Notker

Translator: A. J. Grant

Release date: May 3, 2015 [eBook #48870]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Andrew Dunning

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Transcriber’s Note

The notes, keyed to line numbers in the source edition, have been converted to footnotes. Their position has been corrected as necessary. Minor emendations have been made to punctuation and spelling. Running heads and the publisher’s catalogue have been omitted.

THE KING’S CLASSICS

[pg!i]

[image]

[pg iii]

EARLY LIVES OF
CHARLEMAGNE

[pg vi]

[image]

Charlemagne

From a bronze statuette in the Musée Carnavalet. Paris

[pg vii]

EARLY LIVES OF
CHARLEMAGNE BY
EGINHARD AND THE
MONK OF ST GALL
EDITED BY PROF.
A. J. GRANT

ALEXANDER MORING LIMITED THE
DE LA MORE PRESS 32 GEORGE
STREET HANOVER SQUARE
LONDON W 1905

[pg viii]

A lui finit la dissolution de l’ancien
monde, à lui commence l’édification
du monde moderne.

Lavallée

[pg ix]