SirsiDynix Enterprise https://wait.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_US/WAILRC/WAILRC/qu$003dFrance$0026qf$003dSUBJECT$002509Subject$002509HISTORY$002b--$002bEurope$002b--$002bFrance.$002509HISTORY$002b--$002bEurope$002b--$002bFrance.$0026qf$003dSUBJECT$002509Subject$002509Charlemagne$00252C$002bEmperor$00252C$002b742-814.$002509Charlemagne$00252C$002bEmperor$00252C$002b742-814.$0026ps$003d300?dt=list 2024-05-20T03:43:08Z ent://SD_ILS/0/SD_ILS:309847 2024-05-20T03:43:08Z 2024-05-20T03:43:08Z by&#160;Davis, Jennifer R., 1975- author.<br/>Call Number&#160;944.0142092 23<br/>Publication Date&#160;2015<br/>Summary&#160;&quot;Revisiting one of the great puzzles of European political history, Jennifer Davis examines how the Frankish king Charlemagne and his men held together the vast new empire he created during the first decades of his reign. Davis explores how Charlemagne overcame the two main problems of ruling an empire, namely how to delegate authority and how to manage diversity. Through a meticulous reconstruction based on primary sources, she demonstrates that rather than imposing a pre-existing model of empire onto conquered regions, Charlemagne and his men learned from them, developing a practice of empire that allowed the emperor to rule on a European scale. As a result, Charlemagne's realm was more flexible and diverse than has long been believed. Telling the story of Charlemagne's rule using sources produced during the reign itself, Davis offers a new interpretation of Charlemagne's political practice, free from the distortions of later legend&quot;--<br/>Format:&#160;Electronic Resources<br/><a href="http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1020142">http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1020142</a><br/> ent://SD_ILS/0/SD_ILS:310118 2024-05-20T03:43:08Z 2024-05-20T03:43:08Z by&#160;Fried, Johannes, author.<br/>Call Number&#160;944.0142092<br/>Publication Date&#160;2016<br/>Summary&#160;&quot;When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating the life and reign of a ruler who shaped Europe's destiny in ways few figures, before or since, have equaled. Living in an age of faith, Charlemagne was above all a Christian king, Fried says. He made his court in Aix la Chapelle the center of a religious and intellectual renaissance, enlisting the Anglo Saxon scholar Alcuin of York to be his personal tutor, and insisting that monks be literate and versed in rhetoric and logic. He erected a magnificent cathedral in his capital, decorating it lavishly while also dutifully attending Mass every morning and evening. And to an extent greater than any ruler before him, Charlemagne enhanced the papacy's influence, becoming the first king to enact the legal principle that the pope was beyond the reach of temporal justice a decision with fateful consequences for European politics for centuries afterward. Though devout, Charlemagne was not saintly. He was a warrior king, intimately familiar with violence and bloodshed. And he enjoyed worldly pleasures, including physical love. Though there are aspects of his personality we can never know with certainty, Fried paints a compelling portrait of a ruler, a time, and a kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called 'the father of Europe'&quot;--Provided by publisher.<br/>Format:&#160;Electronic Resources<br/><a href="http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1364254">http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1364254</a><br/>