Charlemagne - Richard Winston

Written by Richard Winston
Read by Charlton Griffin
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

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Charlemagne was easily one of the most fascinating figures in Western
civilization, as well as the most heroic and romantic. The 47 years
of his reign marked some of the most significant and far reaching events
of the Middle Ages. Undoubtedly, it was his enlightened vision for Europe
that resulted in the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of cultural flowering
that never really ceased to develop, and which led in a straight line
directly to that period of astonishing achievement we now call the High
Gothic. It is almost impossible to conceive what Europe might have been
like without him. Indeed, even in the 21st century, we still hear the
echoes of his deeds in the hurly-burly of historical events that unfold
today.

This incredible biography, without question the best ever written about
Charlemagne in the English language and one of the greatest biographies
of the 20th century, is a thrilling and poignant chronicle of the greatest
of Medieval kings. We follow the young king in his early years as he
assumes control over a divided kingdom, as co-ruler of the Germanic
Franks along with his brother Carloman. When Carloman dies, Charlemagne
assumes sole ownership of the crown and immediately begins his expansionist
policy, first subduing the Lombards in Italy, then taking on the savage
pagan Saxons. As his empire grows, Charlemagne proves himself a genius
at military and civil administration. The Byzantine Emperor and Caliph
of Baghdad held him in high esteem and acknowledged him as the successor
to the western Roman emperors. But it was his great Christian faith
and compassion that marked him out for greatness. He was a first rate
scholar-humanist and surrounded himself with the greatest minds of Europe.
As a fervent son of the church, it was Charlemagne more than anyone
else who charted the course of the Catholic Church. As never before
or since, Charlemagne held an empire in thrall as both its temporal
and spiritual leader.

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