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Charlemagne

Authors:

  1. Roger Collins
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  • The first fulllength study for twenty years
    A reconsideration of the reign and longer term achievements of Charlemagne in the light of the latest research and revises several important interpretations
    Roger Collins is the author of the bestselling textbooks, Early Medieval Europe and Early Medieval Spain and has an excellent reputation in the field
    Several issues raised relate to matters of contemporary concern, most importantly European integration

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Frankish Inheritance

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 1-22

  4. The Saxon Wars, 772–85

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 43-57

  5. Italy and Spain, 773–801

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 58-76

  6. Tassilo III and Bavaria, 781–8

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 77-88

  8. Reform and Renewal, 789–99

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 102-124

  9. Frankfurt and Aachen, 792–4

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 125-140

  11. Frontiers and Wars, 793–813

    • Roger Collins
    Pages 160-174

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 175-234
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About this book

Charlemagne remains one of the most compelling figures in European history. In this lively, vivid portrait of an extraordinary monarch and his achievements, Roger Collins profiles the most powerful and significant ruler in Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. While his achievements were in some ways ephemeral (after all, his great Empire soon broke up), he can still clearly be seen as the figure who transformed the nature of Europe and ushered in a period which has an explicit and comprehensible connection with our own.
The reign of Charlemagne (768-814) saw the unification under his rule of many areas of France, Italy, Germany, Spain and central Europe as part of his attempt to create a single European-wide state. He revived the office of emperor in the West and his achievements inspired a succession of both military conquerors and would-be unifiers of Europe up to the present day, earning him the name, `Father of Europe'.
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About the author

ROGER COLLINS is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Charlemagne

  • Authors: Roger Collins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26924-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 256

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History

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