Life of Charlemagne
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Life of Charlemagne is a medieval Latin biography of the Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne, written by his courtier Einhard and regarded as one of the most important historical sources on his life and reign.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life of Charlemagne canonical | 2 |
| Life of Charles the Great | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical source
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ medieval Latin biography ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Vita Karoli
ⓘ
Vita Karoli Magni ⓘ
surface form:
Vita Karoli Magni Imperatoris
|
| approximateCompositionDate | c. 817–830 ⓘ |
| author | Einhard ⓘ |
| authorEducation | educated at the court of Charlemagne ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
courtier of Charlemagne
ⓘ
royal official ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Emperor Louis the Pious
ⓘ
surface form:
Louis the Pious
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Carolingian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish Empire
|
| dateWritten | early 9th century ⓘ |
| describes |
Carolingian Empire
ⓘ
Charlemagne’s court and household ⓘ Charlemagne’s military campaigns ⓘ Charlemagne’s personal habits and character ⓘ Charlemagne’s religious policies ⓘ Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish kingdom
coronation of Charlemagne as emperor in 800 ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
hagiographic biography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
account of Charlemagne’s death
ⓘ
account of Louis the Pious’s accession ⓘ narrative of Charlemagne’s deeds ⓘ prologue ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ many modern languages ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
early 9th century
ⓘ
late 8th century ⓘ reign of Charlemagne ⓘ |
| influenced |
historiography of Charlemagne
ⓘ
later medieval biographies of rulers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
De vita Caesarum
ⓘ
surface form:
Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars
|
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Charlemagne ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | survives in numerous medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| modeledOn | Roman imperial biography ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Vita Karoli Magni ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Aachen ⓘ |
| preservedIn | monastic libraries ⓘ |
| setting | Frankish court ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of Carolingian Latin prose
ⓘ
key source for Carolingian political history ⓘ major primary source for the life of Charlemagne ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | modern historians of the early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| writtenByEyewitness | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Life of Charles the Great