"Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way: not only are there essays about a range of queens and how they were represented in the Middle Ages and Renaissance through primary accounts, chronicles, and literary…
by Einhard, Thorpe, Lewis Lewis G. M., Notker,, Balbulus
fromPenguin classics
by Einhard, Thorpe, Lewis G. M., Notker,, Balbulus
fromPenguin classics
The life of Charlemagne by Einhard. Charlemagne by Notker the stammerer.
"These two biographies make a fascinating contrast. Einhard, who spent twenty-three years in Charlemagne's service, chose to approach his Vita Caroli as a public history and, in beautifully expressed language, recounts Charlemagne's personal life and his achievements in warfare,…
Firsthand accounts of pillage and conquest, from the ancient world to the fall of Constantinople.
Firsthand accounts of barbarian invaders from Herodotus (d. 424 B.C.) to the fall of Constantinople (1553). Scythians, Huns, Vandals, Mongols, Turks are seen through the same of fear, ignorance and bias.
Firsthand accounts of barbarian invaders from Herodotus (d. 424 B.C.) to the fall of Constantinople (1553). Scythians, Huns, Vandals, Mongols, Turks are seen through the same of fear, ignorance and bias.
