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 audience of Life of Charlemagne is the constituents of the kingdom he once ruled. Einhard could not just say that Charlemagne is the “most splendid and greatest of all men,” he needed to prove it (136). Einhard strategically uses unflattering honesty to build his credibility as well as justifying Charlemagne’s shortcomings in order to prove that he was a great leader. Einhard understands that it will be harder to make the audience believe that Charlemagne was as wonderful as he claims because

The Life of Einhard: Examining Bias in Einhard’s The Life of Charlemagne Daniel A. Lastra History 3120: Medieval Europe March 4th 2016 Einhard’s The Life of Charlemagne is a biography of Charlemagne written by a contemporary, and a loyal courtier of Charlemagne. Due to the closeness between the subject of the biography, and its author, it is possible to get insight into parts of Charlemagne’s life, and his reign, that might not be available otherwise. However, Einhard’s close relationship

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

Gaining Salvation The primary sources Juhel of Mayenne, Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, and the Benedict Rule share some similarities as well as some differences. Although they are different they share a common theme, which is the Church. Using primary sources from early medieval literature, it is evident that religion was very important to the people. The kings ruled the church and state. The church existed to help medieval people gain salvation. It was seen as a gift from God, founded by

Peter Lasko is a British art historian from London, England. Lasko wrote Ars Sacra, 800-1200 in 1972 to analyze and critique Carolingian art from the 9th to 13th centuries. Peter Lasko surveyed the the reigns of particular rulers during the Carolingian Era such as Charlemagne and Charles the Bald, examining the art during these periods and comparing them with each other. He focuses primarily on the architecture and embellished trinkets of the time period. Lasko describes the parochial influence and

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

Einhard had known the Great Emperor personally; he was a child when Charlemagne was already an adult. The writer felt a great respect towards his king. In his book, Einhard represents Charles the Great as his big authority figure. He portrays Charlemagne as a great Christian who “practiced the Christian religion with great devotion and pity, for he had been brought up in this faith since earliest childhood” (Einhard, 79). Einhard also shows Charlemagne as a skilled

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

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

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

Charlemagne was one of the great leaders of the Middle Ages, uniting most of Western Europe under his power. He became King of the Franks in 768 CE and the King of Italy in 774 CE. On Christmas Day in 800 CE, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne was a distinctive leader because he was versatile and multitalented. Firstly, he was an excellent general, doubling the size of his empire through conquest. On the other hand, Charlemagne also showed that he was compassionate

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

struggle, as stated by Einhard, “he did not abandon any war that had been begun or accomplished either because of the effort or the danger, but he learned to undergo and endure each according to its nature” (Einhard 24). Through constant war and political strife, Charles would manage to nearly double the size of the Frankish lands throughout his reign and would also accrue the respect of the neighbors surrounding the kingdom and even nations far off, including Persia (Einhard

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

Part Two: Since the beginning, man has told many a story. Some of these stories were based on experience, while others were based on whimsical imagination creations. Of all the time periods, none are as dramatic, engaging, and rich in culture and content as the medieval period! Medieval stories tend to have a few predictable elements: Religion, politics, super cool castles, and courtly romance. For most, the highly noticeable subject in medieval literature is religion. Every book, article, or poem