Legend Of Charlemagne In The Middle Ages, The: Power, Faith & C

Description:
This interdisciplinary collection uses the legend of Charlemagne to explore larger themes in the European Middle Ages, such as crusading, conceptions of kingship, and apocalyptic expectation.

Table of Contents:
Greatness Contested and Confirmed: The Raw Materials of the Charlemagne Legend; T. F. X. Noble KAROLVS MAGNVS or KAROLVS FELIX: The Making of Charlemagne's Reputation and Legend; P. E. Dutton Part One: Memories of Carolingian Kingship Al-Hakim, Charlemagne and the Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes; D. F. Callahan Godfrey of Bouillon vs. Raymond of Saint-Gilles: How Carolingian Kingship Trumped Millenarianism at the End of the First Crusade; J. Rubenstein Charlemagne's Legacy and Anglo-Norman Imperium in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; W. M. Hoofnagle Part Two: Modeling the Man Charlemagne as Saint? Relics and the Choice of Window Subjects at Chartres Cathedral; E. Pastan Charlemagne as Crusader: Memory, Propaganda, and the Many Uses of Charlemagne's Legendary Expedition to Spain; J. Stuckey Charlemagne as Bungler: Requests for Visual Evidence in the Descriptio qualiter and the Voyage of Charlemagne; A. Latowsky

Author Biography:
MATTHEW GABRIELE is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Coordinator of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. JACE STUCKEY is Assistant Professor of History, Louisiana Tech University, USA.