Essays Tagged: "Notker the Stammerer"

The Two Lives of Charlemage

k The Two Lives of Charlemagne translated by Lewis Thorpe brings together Einhard's Vita Caroli and Notker the Stammerer's De Carolo Magno; two biographies that retell the life of Charlemagne. Einhard ... death, because he wanted to preserve and celebrate the history of a great ruler. On the other hand, Notker did not write De Carolo Magno because he believed Charlemagne's history should be preserved, ...

(3 pages) 3 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History