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The life, times, and historical legacy of the man who created modern Europe Every facet of the rule and legacy of one of the most remarkable rulers in European history is explored in this magisterial new study. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne is a defining figure of both Western Europe and the Middle Ages. Crowned king of the Franks in 768, he expanded their kingdoms into an empire that incorporated much of western and central Europe, recreating a single Christian imperium in the heartlands of the old Western Roman empire for the first time since the decline and fall of that polity in the late fifth century AD. After his imperial coronation Charlemagne was seen as a rival, in power and majesty, of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. Charlemagne's empire, and the cultural golden age that is associated with it, encouraged the formation of a common European identity. This study is a major contribution to early medieval history, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the wider history of Europe.
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Hywel Williams is a noted historian, columnist, and the author of Cassell’s Chronology of World History, Great Speeches of Our Time, and History’s Most Magnificent Rulers.
'Excellent and thought-provoking ... tells the story of an iconic figure for the new Europe' Tom Shippey, Times Literary Supplement. * Times Literary Supplement * 'This scholarly and meticulously researched biography is a book one really does want to read' Simon Heffer, Sunday Telegraph. * Sunday Telegraph * 'A magisterial survey of the great European emperor, of the Latin culture of his court and the political extent of his domains' A.N. Wilson, Observer. * Observer * 'a substantial and worthwhile volume ... a valuable book' Journal of Ecclesiastical History. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
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