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Einhard was a Frankish historian and court scholar whose writings are an invaluable source of information on Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire. Einhard was educated after 779 in the monastery of Fulda; his brilliance was soon recognized, and he was sent to Charlemagne’s Palace School at Aachen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The most famous of Einhard's works is his biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni, "The Life of Charlemagne" (c. 817–836), which provides much direct information about Charlemagne's life and character, written sometime between 817 and 830.
Jun 20, 2015 · Einhard is frankly and openly Charlemagne’s biggest fan. He wants to record “the extraordinary life of this most remarkable king, the greatest man of all those living in his own period.” The king is always described as more energetic, possessed of more determination, a “mettlesome spirit.”
A complete electronic version of Einhard's biography of Charlemagne is available through the Medieval Sourcebook. It is well known that Einhard based his text on the biographies of Roman Emperors written by Suetonius (c. 69-after 129 A.D.), especially the biography of Augustus.
His chief work was his Life of Charlemagne, the best biography written in the early Middle Ages. Modeling his work after Suetonius and injecting into it his intimate personal knowledge of Charlemagne, Einhard produced a biography that lauded the great emperor in a dignified, sober fashion.
Aug 7, 2019 · It is both an epic and personal account of the legendary warrior king who was known as the Father of Europe, providing a fascinating insight into his political success, battlefield...
Focusing solely on the Carolingian aristocrat and intellectual, Einhard (ca. 770–840), Dutton has carefully gathered and translated every extant work of this famous biographer of Charlemagne (as currently ascribed to him by scholars), and bound them together with the few trace remarks left by contemporaries about his life, his achievements, and ...
