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Historian, born c. 770 in the district of the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire; d. 14 March, 840, at Seligenstadt. His earliest training he received at the monastery of Fulda, where he showed such exceptional promise that Abbot Baugulf sent him to the court of Charlemagne. His education was completed at the Palace School, where he was fortunate enough to count among his masters the great Alcuin, who bears witness to his remarkable talents in mathematics and architecture, and also to the fact that he was among the emperor's most trusted advisers. Charlemagne gave Einhard charge of his great public buildings, e.g. the construction of Aachen cathedral and the palaces of Aachen and Ingelheim. Charlemagne also availed himsel...more

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Average rating: 3.39 · 478 ratings · 43 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard, Notker the Stammerer, Lewis Thorpe (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1960 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard, Sidney Painter (foreword) 3.22 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 830 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Early Lives of Charlemagne by Eginhard, Monk of Saint Gall, Arthur James Grant (translator) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Charlemagne's Courtier: The Complete Einhard (Readings in Medieval Civilizations & Cultures #3) 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dedalus Book of Medieval Literature: Grin of the Gargoyle by Brian Murdoch (Editor, Translator), Rutebeuf (Contributor), The Archpoet (Contributor) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Annales Regni Francorum Inde AB A. 741. Usque Ad A. 829. Qui Dicuntur: Annales Laurissenses Maiores Et Einhardi by Georg Heinrich Pertz, Einhard, Friedrich Kurze 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Vita Karoli Magni: In Usum Scholarum Ex Monumentis Germaniae Historicis Re Udi Fecit Georgius Heinricus Pertz by Georg Heinrich Pertz, Einhard 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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