Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)

Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne----Primary Source Analysis and Further Discussion

Authors
Chenghan Lyu1, *
1Middle School, Qingdao NoQingdao, 266061, China
*Corresponding author. Email: CHENGHANLYU@126.com
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Chenghan Lyu
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_104How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Medieval Europe; Carolingian kingdom; Charlemagne; Einhard
Abstract

This paper is aimed to analyze, research and discuss the information, the background and the purpose of one of the most famous biographies during Middle ages: The Life of Charlemagne, written by Einhard. First, this paper lays out sufficient facts about the information about the author and the primary source. Then, there is a brief summarize of the content of The Life of Charlemagne. The next part is some medieval terminology, which prevents misunderstanding while reading. The major part of this work is the argumentation part. Through numerous discussion there are some conclusions. Einhard’s writing is authentic, and he might write this work for multiple reasons: To gratitude for Charlemagne’ s grace; to rebut a criticism during that time; to recollect old memories; to remind and reeducate the contemporary king and courtiers of how to rule the country based on the chaos after Charlemagne’s death. The work can help people better understand the stories behind the biography The Life of Charlemagne.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_104
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_104How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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