Description:
Translations of ninth-century lives of the emperors Charlemagne (by Einhard and Notker) and his son Louis the Pious (by Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer). Presented chronologically and contextually, with commentary.
Brief description: Thomas F. X. Noble is Professor and Chair, Department of History, at the University of Notre Dame.
Review Quotes:
"The new translations of these five lives and their very useful introductions and notes make this work a prodigious achievement and an extremely valuable and most welcome contribution to Carolingian studies."
--Steven Fanning, The Historian