Charlemagne: Father of a Continent

by Alessandro Barbero

Book Overview

The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great--Charlemagne--reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the time if his death, his empire stretched across Europe to include Bavaria, Saxony, parts of Spain, and Italy. With a remarkable grasp of detail and a sweeping knowledge of Carolingian institutions and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520239431
• ISBN13: 9780520239432
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"