Vita Karoli Magni 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

Cecil Beaton was a photographer that was born in 1904. He was one of the most known Photographer of the 1900s. He was known for his portraits of people. His photos followed his diary entries. He published six diaries in his lifetime and recently more of his material was published. Sadly, he died in 1980 at the age of 76. One of Cecil Beaton's most famous photos is a portrait of Marilyn Monroe. This photo is very bright and has a lot of white with grayish black undertones. I like how in this photo

A common reoccurrence in romantic comedies is the factor of love being whimsically portrayed as something divine, predestined and magical. The omniscient state of love in the typical romantic comedy positions love as the driving force with godlike authority over the film and the love between the two central characters is within a concept of a divine plan, fitting in with the romantic concepts in which the romance genre is founded. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) uses absurdism to flip all of this on its

When comparing the Christian 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

and seeks to recount Charlemagne's sole military defeat, that of the Battle of Roncenvaux Pass in 778. The only other surviving record of the events of that battle is a brief passage in Einhard's biography of Charlemagne, Life of Charlemagne (Vita Karoli Magni), in which he paints the emperor's campaign in Spain as a short, calculated, and (at least momentarily) unsuccessful politically-driven incursion into the Iberian Peninsula. The battle itself is described as a relatively minor blip in the emperor's