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Charismatic, gregarious, energetic and cultured, he initiated and encouraged a renaissance of learning and artistic enterprise that appeared to later generations as a Golden Age. An incomparable general, administrator and law-giver, he was as skilled on the battlefield as in the council chamber, and by sheer force of character held together an empire that rivalled the Byzantines in the East.
To the many portraits of the man who was crowned the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Russell Chamberlin now adds a modern portrait which reveals the man behind the achievements. This book brings to life a key personality and a formative period in European history.
About: Few men have exerted such a lasting influence on the course of Western history as Charlemagne (742-814).
About: Traces the life of the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, assesses his impact on European history, and explains why he was such an effective ruler
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