Emperor of the West
Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire
$32.81
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2011
Summary
Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne is a defining figure of both Western Europe and the Middle Ages. Crowned king of the Franks in 768, he expanded their kingdoms into an empire that incorporated much of western and central Europe, recreating a single Christian imperium in the heartlands of the old Western Roman empire for the first time since the decline and fall of that polity in the late fifth century AD. After his imperial coronation Charlemagne was seen as a r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857381620 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857381628 |
| Author: | Hywel Williams |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 34mm |
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‘This scholarly and meticulously researched biography is a book one really does want to read’ Simon Heffer, Sunday Telegraph.
‘a substantial and worthwhile volume … a valuable book’ Journal of Ecclesiastical History. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *‘A magisterial survey of the great European emperor, of the Latin culture of his court and the political extent of his domains’ A.N. Wilson, Observer. * Observer *‘This scholarly and meticulously researched biography is a book one really does want to read’ Simon Heffer, Sunday Telegraph. * Sunday Telegraph *‘Excellent and thought-provoking … tells the story of an iconic figure for the new Europe’ Tom Shippey, Times Literary Supplement. * Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Hywel Williams
Hywel Williams is a renowned historian, newspaper columnist, political advisor and TV presenter. He is the author of the famous political expose Guilty Men and the massive Cassell’s Chronology of World History.
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