What’s so great about Charlemagne? We’re about to find out. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Cullen Chandler about the reign of Charlemagne, how he ruled such a massive empire, and how he still took the time to care about font.
Serving as ‘an invitation to the study of Carolingian civilization,’ this book examines the political and societal changes that took place in Western Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries. It is mostly a guide to many how this empire came about, the family that ruled it, and its quick end.
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/09/new-medieval-books-introduction-to-the-carolingian-age/ #Carolingians #books #history
Serving as 'an invitation to the study of Carolingian civilization,' this book examines the political and societal changes that took place in Western Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries. It is mostly a guide to many how this empire came about, the family that ruled it, and its quick end.
Does anyone else think that the monk who drew this Carolingian sketch had a crush on somebody at the abbey?
tra una settimana sarò ospite de @LaStatale #Milano per parlare del complicato rapporto tra Adelchi di #Benevento e l’imperatore Ludovico II.