Latowsky, Anne A.
Emperor of the World

Charlemagne and the Construction of Imperial Authority, 800-1229.

Latowsky explores how the historical memory of Charlemagne was used to shape the institutions of kingship and empire in the High Middle Ages. The study traces the curious history of the story of the alliances forged by Charlemagne while visiting Jerusalem and Constantinople, revealing how the memory of the Frankish Emperor was manipulated to shape the institutions of kingship and empire in the High Middle Ages. XIV,290 Seiten mit 5 Abb., gebunden (Cornell University Press 2013) berieben, untere Buchkante und Buchrücken leicht bestoßen/rubbed, slightly bumped at the edges and the spine