Medieval History
Jeff Sypeck at Quid Plura has an interesting post on what Charlemagne would've made of modern Europe. As a big fan of all things Charlemagne, I don't have much to say except that I like it. Then again, this blog is all about thinking long and hard about what the Middle Ages were and what they weren't.
- Study: Charlemagne Was Very Tall, But Not Robust
According to a recently published study, the Carolingian Emperor Charlemagne (ca. 747?814) was taller than most of his subjects, but not overweight. The findings were reported in the July 2010 issue of Economics & Human Biology. A trio of scholars...
- Cfp Leeds 2013 - Charlemagne In Latin
CALL FOR PAPERSCHARLEMAGNE IN LATININTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS (LEEDS, 2013) Organisers: Dr Matthew Gabriele (Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech) Dr William Purkis (Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages, University of Birmingham)...
- An Empire Of Memory: The Legend Of Charlemagne, The Franks, And Jerusalem Before The First Crusade
the bookNow for your buying pleasure: Beginning shortly after Charlemagne's death in 814, the inhabitants of his historical empire looked back upon his reign and saw in it an exemplar of Christian universality - Christendom. They mapped contemporary...
- Toot! Toot!
We interrupt any attempts at being serious for some serious own-horn-tooting. My co-edited collection of essays, The Legend of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages: Power, Faith, and Crusade, is now out (or will be very, very soon). I'm really tremendously...
- Tony, Meet Chuck
Tony Soprano, please meet Charles -- also known as Charlemagne (or Karl der Grosse, if you're German). Tony looks unimpressed... If you live in the US, and unless you've been living under a rock lately, you know that the last episode of HBO's...
Medieval History
Rebuilding Charlemagne
Jeff Sypeck at Quid Plura has an interesting post on what Charlemagne would've made of modern Europe. As a big fan of all things Charlemagne, I don't have much to say except that I like it. Then again, this blog is all about thinking long and hard about what the Middle Ages were and what they weren't.
- Study: Charlemagne Was Very Tall, But Not Robust
According to a recently published study, the Carolingian Emperor Charlemagne (ca. 747?814) was taller than most of his subjects, but not overweight. The findings were reported in the July 2010 issue of Economics & Human Biology. A trio of scholars...
- Cfp Leeds 2013 - Charlemagne In Latin
CALL FOR PAPERSCHARLEMAGNE IN LATININTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS (LEEDS, 2013) Organisers: Dr Matthew Gabriele (Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech) Dr William Purkis (Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages, University of Birmingham)...
- An Empire Of Memory: The Legend Of Charlemagne, The Franks, And Jerusalem Before The First Crusade
the bookNow for your buying pleasure: Beginning shortly after Charlemagne's death in 814, the inhabitants of his historical empire looked back upon his reign and saw in it an exemplar of Christian universality - Christendom. They mapped contemporary...
- Toot! Toot!
We interrupt any attempts at being serious for some serious own-horn-tooting. My co-edited collection of essays, The Legend of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages: Power, Faith, and Crusade, is now out (or will be very, very soon). I'm really tremendously...
- Tony, Meet Chuck
Tony Soprano, please meet Charles -- also known as Charlemagne (or Karl der Grosse, if you're German). Tony looks unimpressed... If you live in the US, and unless you've been living under a rock lately, you know that the last episode of HBO's...