Charlemagne: Father of a Continent.(Book review)

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Charlemagne: Father of a Continent, by Alessandro Barbero. Translated by Allan Cameron. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004. 426 pp. $29.95 US (cloth).

Charlemagne, ruler of the Franks (771-814), brought together under one ruler many diverse people in Europe: the Franks, Lombards, Thuringians, and Alemanni among others. Keen to reconcile diversity and bring order across so many cultures, he instituted an ambitious program of reform in the law, in the church, in the schools--he sent out reporters, or missi, to assess the state of his lands and report back to him. He ...

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