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Charlemagne's Courtier

The Complete Einhard

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Among the readings included are several existing letters by Emma (Einhard's wife), The Life of Charlemagne, and The History of His Relics. The latter work transports us into an almost unknown world as Einhard, the cool rationalist, arranges for a relic salesman, a veritable bone seller, to acquire saints’ relics from Italy for installation into his new church. The reader is taken on an intrigue-filled trip to Rome, where Einhard's men creep into churches at night to steal bones and then spirit them away to Einhard in the north. The relics are received in town after town as if they were the living saints come to cure the infirm. Einhard's descriptions of the sick, the lame, and the blind of northern Europe vividly expose us to a side of medieval life too rarely encountered in other medieval sources.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieReadings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
Antal sidor256
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442601123

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Paul Edward Dutton, Professor of Humanities at Simon Fraser University, is the author of a number of articles and books about the Middle Ages including The Poetry and Paintings of the First Bible of Charles the Bald with Herbert L. Kessler (University of Michigan Press, 1997) and Charlemagne's Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age (Palgrave, 2004). He is Series Editor of UTP's Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures.

List of Illustrations and MapsPrefaceAn Introduction to EinhardSelect Bibliography for StudentsReflections on Einhard1. Some Reflections on Einhard by His ContemporariesThe Works of Einhard2. The Life of Charlemagne3. The Charters4. Art and Architecture5. The translation and Miracles of the Blessed Martyrs, Marcellinus and Peter6. The Collected Letters7. Correspondence with Lupus of Ferrieres, Including 'On the Adoration of the Cross'Index