I would hesitate to describe either of these two lives as great literature, but both are very interesting, political, biographies of Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor, warlord over much of western and central Europe at the end of the eighth century and beginning of the ninth.Įinhard was a monk in the service of Charlemagne in the latter part of his life, later Einhard married and was made an Abbot - in those days even monastic celibacy was not a huge priority in the Catholic Church, he wrote a careful, diplomatic, account of Charlemagne's activities. The seventy-one letters, written by Einhard between 825 and 830 in a clear, simple style, constitute an important source for the history of Louis the Pious. Marcellini et Petri, containing data which are important for the history of culture. In addition, we have from his hand the Translatio et Miracula SS. Those for the years between 796 and 820 may date back to Einhard. The annals of the Carolingian Empire, which have been handed down as Einhard's, are, in their present form, older materials worked over. The diction is in general elegant, though not polished. This, the best biography of the whole period of the Middle Ages, written in close imitation of Suetonius, shows the emperor from the standpoint of the most intimate personal acquaintance with all sides of his character, and with a genuine attempt at truth of portrayal. The most important of Einhard's works is the Vita Caroli Magni. Charlemagne also availed himself of Einhard's tact and prudence to send him on various diplomatic missions. the construction of Aachen cathedral and the palaces of Aachen and Ingelheim.
Charlemagne gave Einhard charge of his great public buildings, e.g. His education was completed at the Palace School, where he was fortunate enough to count among his masters the great Alcuin, who bears witness to his remarkable talents in mathematics and architecture, and also to the fact that he was among the emperor's most trusted advisers. His earliest training he received at the monastery of Fulda, where he showed such exceptional promise that Abbot Baugulf sent him to the court of Charlemagne. 770 in the district of the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire d.
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