Einhard Essays

Einhard gives several reasons for his writing of Charlemagne. He writes to pay respect to his friend and writes as a way to remember him through history. Through this writing, Einhard expresses himself humbly and possibly inferior in social status. Einhard writes to pay respect to Charlemagne, partly because he believes he is indebted to Charlemagne. Einhard mentions the "foster care bestowed on [him]" as a reason for his writing. In this way, Einhard regards the foster care as a debt he can repay

The Carefully Crafted Legend: Einhard’s distortions in The Life of Charlemagne Einhard’s The Life of Charlemagne is a famous biography that provides a firsthand account of the deeds and character of Charles the Great. Einhard was a close contemporary to Charlemagne and his court, with Walahfrid Strabo’s preface describing how there “was almost no one else among the many officials of the king’s majesty to whom the king . . . . Entrusted so many secrets.” Despite Einhard’s seemingly well researched

books of Einhard, Sulpicius Severus and Bede the contrariety in the content and style of the works becomes apparent. Despite the differences in their works, the Christian writers have a common goal; all three wrote propaganda type histories. While all three propaganda works promote models of Christianity, they are all presented in vastly different ways. The different ways each author treats the use of violence with his subjects creates distinction between the propagandist’s works. Einhard promotes

history. He was the King of the Franks in the 8th century and facilitated great expansion of his empire through conquest and diplomacy. Einhard was a monk who lived under Charlemagne’s rule, and, in a glowing light, he wrote a biography of Charlemagne. Einhard describes many of Charlemagne’s achievements, and he also writes about Charlemagne’s character. Einhard believed Charlemagne was a great leader because of his military success, his beautification of the kingdom, and his exceptional character

throughout the area today known as France, Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands. Einhard, one of the authors of the book Two Lives of Charlemagne, was a frankish scholar and courier who was born in Germany in the late 700’s. Einhard’s effort stood out in Charlemagne's classes which allowed him to attend Charlemagne’s palace school where he quickly became Charlemagne’s dedicated advisor and personal friend. Einhard wrote the book in Germany during the year 830 and dedicated the book to Adrian

friends, Einhard had one of the best possible views of Charlemagne and his rule. In this “public history of this most distinguished and deservedly most famous king” (Einhard 51), Einhard writes to Charlemagne’s descendants and the rest of posterity about the fame of the Frankish Empire and to preserve the memory of its mightiest ruler. Einhard is an extremely biased author, however. Once upon a time, Charlemagne offered shelter and kindness to Einhard in his court, and in return Einhard ignored the

onto rule as Roman Emperor until 814, when he unfortunately succumbs to a fever and dies at the age of seventy-two. A decade or so later, his foster-son and member of his court, Einhard, took it upon himself to memorialize Charlemagne, so that all of prosperity could know of his greatness. Throughout this biography, Einhard highlights all of Charlemagne’s greatest escapades, while also emphasizing his righteous, honorable character. Interestingly enough, these righteous, honorable characteristics are

Charlemagne In the mid 800’s Einhard wrote The Life of Charlemagne. It was an accurate portrayal of character as well as honesty during a period of time where distortion was a common theme. Einhard was extremely biased in his favor of the patron. He claimed that after the last Merovingian King fell, there was no more power within the dynasty. Einhard described the Merovingian kings as weak, in order to show how powerful Charlemagne was. The Life of Charlemagne left an impact for centuries because

Charlemagne, Charles the Great or King of the Franks (768-814 CE) either name he was a great King according to Einhard. Einhard believed Charlemagne was the ideal king because he thought “He had all the characteristics he felt would make a good king “(Shah). The Life of Charlemagne was written after Charlemagne’s death. Einhard wrote this book in tribute to his friend and King Charlemagne. Bottom of Form Charlemagne was dedicated to learning foreign languages, he spoke eloquently, he showed a great

becomes obvious that you 're the problem. One of his closest friends Einhard wrote a biography about Charlemagne and covered multiple question such as what policies made him a great effective emperor, was Einhard biased while writing this biography because he was a close friend to Charlemagne, did he masks his weaknesses etc. The question I asked while reading this article is was Charlemagne this perfect. It seemed like Einhard was his biggest fan and

The Abbasid Empire and The Carolingian Empire were similar and differed in many ways. The Carolingian Empire used conquest and military force to expand their borders and religious teachings. The Abbasid maintained their empire by relying on border defense, according to the lecture given by Dr. Furtado. The Carolingian Empire spread Christendom from modern day France in all directions on the European continent. How each religions were taught were different though. In the Abbasid Empire, “religious

Charlemagne had that people remember him by. The author, Einhard, talks about how Charlemagne was a legitimate ruler. By this, he means that Charlemagne stands out from

Primary Source Paper 2 The Life of Charlemagne was written by Einhard a little after Charlemagne death in 814. Einhard wrote the biography to make sure that Charlemagne’s legacy would not be forgotten. He would list many points in this biography, but I’ve decided to only point out three of them. These three chapters are his deeds, his family life, and his life with the Christian religion. All the points described the legacy Charlemagne left behind. The first point in this source was Charlemagne’s

more have been on a quest to determine what it takes to become a great ruler and to maintain power. Between the Middle Ages (500 A.D.) and the Renaissance (1500 A.D.), in the books The Prince and The Life of Charlemagne”, Niccolo Machiavelli and Einhard displayed their idea of what the theory of leadership is. Based on their ideas it seems as if amorality, virtu, and religious Practices made the difference in what it took to become an effective leader during the Middle Ages. Any man hoping to become

Charlemagne was a very religious, nonjudgmental king, whose name means “Charles the Great.” He was the king f the Franks, until he was crowned emperor. This emperor ruled areas including modern-day Italy and France. From 771 A.D. to 800 A.D., he ruled as a king. After being crowned emperor, he ruled until his death in 814. During his rein, he copied, collected, and preserved manuscripts, unified the government, expanded and improved his empire, was a great leader, and improved trade and education

where they would store valuable texts. Charlemagne would spend in his free time reading different subjects and expanding knowledge. He made his children get a proper education because he “was so concerned for the education of his sons and daughters” (Einhard 33). Charlemagne understood that education can help to make new developments and create a better system in the kingdom by having more educated people. He viewed that “educational reform as a central aspect of his vision for Christendom” (171 Backman)

Charlemagne was known to be successful in warfare Einhard said, “Such are the wars, most skillfully planned and successfully fought, which this most powerful king waged during the forty-seven years of his reign.” This shows not only his success in warfare, but also his diligence and fortitude to deal with

methods. Charlemagne wished for the name of Jesus Christ to be glorified throughout the world as stated in the letter. The king himself, with great piety and devotion, “practiced the Christian religion in which he had been reared from infancy.” (Einhard, p. 36) He made Christianity a central part of the kingdom, and often devoted himself to repairing the sacred places and building up those in charge of them. As he held religion to such a high importance, it is likely that Charlemagne believed that

“The Vikings were like mad dogs or wolves, biting the edges of their shields, / and were as strong as bears or bulls. They killed men everywhere / and nothing could stop them – not fire, not steel.” This was one of the scenes that were portrayed by the Old Norse poet Snori Surlson (1179-1241) after the Carolingian Empire fell under the Vikings Empire. Conflicts between people and the emperor, unstable and weak emperor, political instability, and external pressure led to the downfall of Carolingian

The Carolingian Renaissance Roman Civilization had slowly begun to decay during the third and fourth century. The economic structure the empire built from the ground up over the last three hundred years was beginning to falter. The Germanic tribes were winning battles and claiming land in the north. As the Western Roman Empire collapsed, education in Western Europe slowly began to deteriorate with the withering society. Roman schools that previously taught rhetoric and literature began to disappear