Charlemagne /
"Charlemagne - ruler of the vast Frankish kingdom from 768 to his death in 814 and emperor from the year 800 - is considered the father of Europe. He founded the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome, and his court at Aix-la-Chapelle was a center of classical learning and a focu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Charlemagne - ruler of the vast Frankish kingdom from 768 to his death in 814 and emperor from the year 800 - is considered the father of Europe. He founded the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome, and his court at Aix-la-Chapelle was a center of classical learning and a focus of the Carolingian Renaissance. This book is an introduction to Charlemagne's life and legend."--Jacket |
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Notas: | "Originally published in a slightly different form as Karl der Grosse, 1999, by C.H. Beck, Munich"--Title page verso |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300184259 0300184255 |