Two Lives of Charlemagne (Penguin Classics)
by Einhard, Notker The Stammerer
Two Lives of Charlemagne presents accounts by Einhard and Notker the Stammerer, offering complementary perspectives on one of the central rulers of the early Middle Ages. Together, these medieval texts illuminate Charlemagne’s place in history and the ways his life was remembered and recorded.
About This Book
Two Lives of Charlemagne brings together accounts by Einhard and Notker the Stammerer, two important medieval writers.
The volume focuses on Charlemagne and the traditions surrounding his life and rule.
Read together, these texts offer differing perspectives on a major figure of the early Middle Ages.
This Penguin Classics edition provides access to foundational historical and biographical writing from the medieval period.
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