EINHARD

īnˈhärt or Eginhardāˈgĭnhärt, c.770–840, Frankish historian. Educated in the monastery of Fulda, he continued his studies at Charlemagne's palace school in Aachen and rose to high favor with the emperor. Emperor Louis I made Einhard tutor or adviser to his son Lothair. Later he became the abbot of several monasteries and was rewarded with grants of land. In 830 he sought to reconcile Louis and the rebellious Lothair. Einhard wrote the Vita Karoli Magni (Life of Charlemagne), based on his 23 years of service with Charlemagne. Using Suetonius's word portrait of Augustus as his model, Einhard described all aspects of Charlemagne's appearance and activities. Other writings include a history of the transferral from Rome to Germany of the relics of Marcellinus and Peter (4th-century martyrs). His works and correspondence are accurate and detailed sources on contemporary society. However, the annals that bear his name were almost certainly not written by him.

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Historical Writing in England
Book by Antonia Gransden; Routledge, 1996
Subjects: Great Britain--Historiography
...acknowledgment) almost verbatim from Einhard 69 and probably had other passages in...vernacular, 83 are all paralleled in Einhard. It would be rash to conclude, on the...1947), p. 2. For the influence of Einhard on the Life of King Alfred see Marie Schutt...
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The Rise of the Medieval World, 500-1300: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Jana K. Schulman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Dictionaries, Civilization, Medieval--Dictionaries, Europe--History--476-1492--Biography--Dictionaries
...impressed Alcuin, and he eventually appointed Einhard to teach Charlemagne literature and mathematics...workman in the biblical book Exodus. Einhard succeeded Alcuin directing the palace...retirement to Tours, and it is then that Einhard became close to Charlemagne and his family...
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The Uses of the Past in the Early Middle Ages
Book by Yitzhak Hen, Matthew Innes; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Middle Ages--Historiography--Congresses
...bella canebantur, scripsit memoriaeque mandavit Einhard, Vita Karoli , c. 29 If Einhard was drawing on Tacitus, it is precisely because...peoples. It would be natural for a classicist like Einhard, when he came across Tacitus Germania , to attempt...
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Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Book by Guy Halsall; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Aliens In Literature, Civilization, Medieval--Humor, Classical Wit And Humor, Europe--History--476-1492, Europe--Social Conditions--To 1492, Laughter In Literature
DESCRIBING KINGS: EINHARD, THEGAN AND SIDONIUS The literary context...direct citations. 18 But his engagement with Einhard went beyond mere borrowing. Ernst Tremp has recently shown how Einhard and Thegan present the death of Charlemagne...
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The Carolingian Empire
Book by Heinrich Fichtenau, Peter Munz; Barnes & Noble, 1963
Subjects: Carolingians
...shoulders, towers above everybody else. 1 Einhard noticed two blemishes in Charless physique...that was to be conceived by later ages. Einhard added, however, that these characteristics...treasure of Metz. 4 We must give credence to Einhard when he speaks of Charless large, vivacious...
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journal articles on: Einhard  - 12 results

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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer
Journal article by Steven Fanning; The Historian, Vol. 73, 2011
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer (Collection)--Book reviews
...Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the...Charlemagne and Louis the Pious: Lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the...English translations (for Charlemagne, Einhard, who has been blessed with multiple English...
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Reconfiguring Wace's Round Table: Walewein and the Rise of the National Vernaculars
Journal article by Lori J. Walters; Arthuriana, Vol. 15, 2005
Subjects: Comparative literature, Middle Ages, Romance literature, Translations
...God, Charlemagnes favorite work, as Einhard informs us in his immensely influential...by all four of Charlemagnes tables in Einhard were passed on to other writers, starting...23 The widely circulated biographies of Einhard and Notger had a great influence on later...
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Spiritual Progress in Carolingian Saxony: a Case from Ninth-century Corvey
Journal article by David F. Appleby; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 82, 1996
Subjects: Catholicism, Middle Ages, Saxony Germany
...Writing sometime between 817 and 825/826, Einhard described Charlemagnes wars as thirty...against the background formed by the events Einhard described and by the Translatio sacti...1981). 5 The most important passage is Einhard, Vita Karoli 7, 6th ed, ed. O. Holder...
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Staying the Royal Sword: Alcuin and the Conversion Dilemma in Early Medieval Europe
Journal article by Steven Stofferahn; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009
Subjects: Alcuin of York--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Alcuin of York--Works, Conversion (Religion)--History, Conversion--History, Middle Ages--Religious aspects
...Vita Karoli magni, the royal biographer Einhard chose these words to describe the long...with the Saxons, the royal biographer Einhard made sure to crown his kings Vita with...in his account of the Saxon conflict, Einhard had made a point of recording how that...
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Christine De Pizan, France's Memorialist Persona, Performance, Memory
Journal article by Lori J. Walters; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Collective memory--Research, Nationalism--Research
...f. fr. 2813), those appear to be Einhard, Charlemagnes ninth-century biographer...memory in the tradition that began with Einhard, who says that if he does not write down...royal biographers. Like her predecessors Einhard and Primat, she puts her personal memories...
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Charlemagne in Italy
Magazine article by Ross Balzaretti; History Today, Vol. 46, February 1996
Subjects: Charlemagne--Conduct of life, Italy--History, Kings and rulers--Conduct of life, Lombardy, Italy--History
...died in 814. The most startling case is Einhard (c.775-840), an influential lay...written between 829 and 836. Through it Einhard wanted to exalt the Charlemagne of great...they did not want to. Nevertheless, Einhard and his audience wanted to know about...
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The Ideal of Unity; Russell Chamberlin Examines the Origins and Development of Europe's Persistent Vision of Unity from the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire to Its Fall
Magazine article by Russell Chamberlin; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003
Subjects: Europe--History, Europe--Political aspects, European federation--History, European federation--Political aspects, European federation--Social aspects
...built Latins and, according to his biographer, Einhard, protested --just a little too much, in the view...biographer, in his devoted secretary and architect Einhard. But though Einhard declared he would record nothing through hearsay...
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Charlemagne's Church at Aachen
Magazine article by Janet L. Nelson; History Today, Vol. 48, January 1998
Subjects: Aachen, Germany--History, Charlemagne--Homes and haunts, Churches--Germany
...well over a thousand years. It all started, according to Einhard who was a member of the court during the Aachen years, because...height of the living emperor: just over 6 ft -- exactly as Einhard said. There were further `scientific reopenings of the shrine...
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Landmarks in Handwriting History
Magazine article; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 280, March 2008
Subjects: Handwriting analysis, History
...The illiterate Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne tries to master handwriting and fails. According to the emperors biographer, Einhard, Charlemagne kept tablets and blanks in his bed under his pillow so he could practice forming letters in his leisure hours...
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Charlemagne the Pragmatist: Hywel Williams Revisits an Article by Peter Munz, First Published in History Today in 1959, and Asks Who Needed Whose Approval Most, the Great Ruler of the Franks or Pope Leo III?
Magazine article by Hywel Williams; History Today, Vol. 60, September 2010
Subjects: Charlemagne--Evaluation, Emperors--Evaluation, Leo III, Pope--Evaluation, Munz, Peter--Works, Popes--Evaluation
...taken by surprise when the pope placed an emperors crown on his head? Munz follows the account of Charlemagnes biographer Einhard (c.770-840), but the king was wearing ancient Roman ceremonial clothes, the imperial tunic and cloak (chlamys...
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A City at the Heart of Europe
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), December 4, 2010
...the banks of the River Main, is one of Germanys oldest. Dating back to Roman times, it has at its centre the attractive Einhard Basilika, which has a former Benedictine monastery attached to it, now transformed into a museum where you can learn about...
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Fifteen Miles South
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), November 7, 2010
...the banks of the river Main, is one of Germanys oldest. Dating back to Roman times, it has at its centre the attractive Einhard Basilika, which has a former Benedictine monastery attached to it, now transformed into a museum where you can learn about...
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Voyage through German History; ROSS McCARTHY Sets out to Explore the Riches of the Region around Frankfurt, Both Old and New
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), October 31, 2010
...the banks of the river Main, is one of Germanys oldest. Dating back to Roman times, it has at its centre the attractive Einhard Basilika, which has a former Benedictine monastery attached to it, now transformed into a museum where you can learn about...
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Where Art and History Run Deep; Ross McCarthy Explores the Riches in the Region around Frankfurt
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 7, 2010
...the banks of the river Main, is one of Germanys oldest. Dating back to Roman times, it has at its centre the attractive Einhard Basilika which has a former Benedictine monastery attached to it, now transformed into a museum where you can learn about...


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encyclopedia articles on: Einhard  - 6 results

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Einhard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EINHARD in hart or Eginhard a ginhart, c.770...with the emperor. Emperor Louis I made Einhard tutor or adviser to his son Lothair. Later...reconcile Louis and the rebellious Lothair. Einhard wrote the Vita Karoli Magni ( Life of Charlemagne...
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Charlemagne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Carolingian renaissance included Paul the Deacon and Einhard . Character and Influence In his daily life Charlemagne affected...when he tried to assume his succession in 1804. Bibliography Einhard wrote a contemporary biography of Charlemagne. See also H...
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Medieval Latin Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...8th and early 9th cent. Charlemagne persuaded an Englishman, Alcuin , to establish a court school. The writers, such as Einhard , were medieval rather than classical in spirit, but the effects of the revival were lasting. The effects of the movement...
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Biography
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...actual events were bypassed in favor of saintly traits and miracles. Yet the few secular biographies produced in that era, Einhard s Life of Charlemagne (9th cent.), Eadmer s Life of St. Anselm (12th cent.), Jean de Joinville s Memoirs of St. Louis...
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Eginhard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EGINHARD see Einhard . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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