TWO LIVES OF CHARLEMAGNE PB – EINHARD-NOTKER THE STAMMERER-DAVID GANZ

"Einhard s Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne s personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne s coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800AD. By contrast, Notker s account, written some decades after Charlemagne s death, is a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts."