Le souvenir de Charlemagne, sa mémoire et son histoire, reposent très largement sur un texte qui est lui-même déjà mémoire et histoire, la Vie de Charlemagne par Éginhard. On peut se demander si tout ...le souvenir de Charlemagne (du moins une grande partie de ce souvenir) ne s’enracine pas dans la Vita Karoli. Nous abordons d’abord le renouvellement des méthodes d’approche de ce texte depuis un siècle, mieux inscrit désormais dans le contexte du règne de Louis le Pieux, règne qui a été largement «reconsidéré » depuis un article manifeste de François-Louis Ganshof en 1957 et jusqu’au livre The Penitential State de Mayke de Jong donné en 2009. Dans l’ouvrage d’Éginhard, les trois premiers chapitres forment un prologue où l’auteur expose l’histoire de la fin des Mérovingiens et l’arrivée au pouvoir des Carolingiens. Puis vient une première partie sur les conquêtes de Charles et ses «relations internationales » . Dans une seconde partie, est présenté un portrait de Charlemagne, sa famille, sa culture et son gouvernement Dans la troisième partie enfin, l’auteur évoque la fin de la vie de l’Empereur, sa mort et son testament. La composition est rigoureuse, à la fois classique et moderne, et nous proposons de la parcourir, dans la nouvelle présentation et traduction française donnée en 2014 en collaboration avec Christiane Cosme, à la recherche des éléments qui sont au fondement du souvenir de Charlemagne.
Michel Sot, De basis van de nalatenschap van Karel de Grote : de Vita Karoli
door Einhard.
De herinnering aan Karel de Grote, zijn overlevering en geschiedenis, berusten grotendeels op een tekst die zelf al overlevering en verhaal is ; Het leven van Karel de Grote door Einhard. We kunnen ons de vraag stellen of elke herinnering aan Karel de Grote (of een groot deel van deze overlevering) hun wortels hebben in de Vita Karoli.
We bespreken eerst het vernieuwen van de onderzoeksmethodes voor deze tekst gedurende de laatste eeuw, deze passen nu beter in de context van de heerschappij van Lodewijk de Vrome, een heerschappij die grotendeels “ herzien” is sinds het toonaangevende artikel van François-Louis Ganshof uit 1957 tot aan het boek The Penitential State van Mayke de Jong uit 2009. In het werk van Einhard vormen de eerste drie hoofdstukken een proloog waarin de auteur de geschiedenis rond het einde van het Merovingische rijk belicht, en de opkomst van de Karolingen. Dan volgt een eerste deel over de veroveringen van Karel de Grote en zijn “ internationale relaties”. In een tweede deel schetst de auteur een portret van Karel de Grote, zijn familie, zijn cultuur en zijn heerschappij. In het derde deel tenslotte, beschrijft de auteur het einde van het leven van de keizer, zijn dood en zijn nalatenschap. De samenstelling is strak, tegelijk klassiek en modern, en wij stellen voor om ze samen te doorlopen, in de nieuwe Franse vertaling die in 2014 samen met Christiane Cosme gemaakt werd, om de elementen te zoeken die aan de basis liggen van de herinnering van Karel de Grote.
The Basis for the Legacy of Charlemagne : the Vita Karoli by Einhard.
The legacy of Charlemagne, his memory and history, is largely based on a text that is in itself already memory and history : The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard. One wonders if all memory of Charlemagne (or at least large part of it) is not based in the Vita Karoli. First we approach the renewal of the methodology concerning this text over the last century, since it is now better framed in the context of the reign of Louis the Pious, a reign which has been largely “ reconsidered” since the classical article of François-Louis Ganshof from 1957 up until the book The Penitential State
by Mayke de Jong, published in 2009. In Einhard’s work, the first three chapters form a prologue in which the author sketches the history surrounding the end of the Merovingian reign and the rise to power of the Carolingians. Afterwards the first part describes Charles’ conquests and his “ international relations”. In a second part, we get a portrait of Charlemagne, his family, his culture and his reign. In the third and final part, the author describes the final period of the Emperor’s life, his death and his testament. The composition is rigorous, classical and modern at the same time, and we propose to read it together, in its new presentation and translation into French made in 2014 in collaboration with Christiane Cosme, looking for the elements which are at the basis of the legacy of Charlemagne.
Einhardovo delo je eden najpomembnejših dokumentov o življenju Karla Velikega. Prvi cesar na Zahodu po propadu rimskega cesarstva, velik vojskovodja in osvajalec, spreten politik, zaščitnik Cerkve in ...spodbujevalec pokristjanjevanja, podpornik znanosti in umetnosti, mitični pater Europae, simbol evropske identitete in enotnosti.
Einhard, Louis the Pious and Childeric III Barnwell, P. S.
Historical research : the bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research,
20/May , Letnik:
78, Številka:
200
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The opening of Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is famous for its mocking description of Childeric III, last Merovingian king of the Franks. The passage has always appeared somewhat detached from the ...body of the work, and its purpose has long been something of a puzzle. Although the date at which the Life was written remains a matter of debate, it is here suggested that the main features of the opening passage relate to Einhard's purpose in writing, which was rooted in the politics of the time.
Scholars with an interest in politics have long searched for meaningful ways to conceptualize power relationships, notably turning in recent years to the notion of "political culture." By recounting ...this concept's historiographical trajectory vis-à-vis the early medieval practice of exile and by highlighting subtle arguments in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni regarding the proper application of banishment in Carolingian Europe, the present essay not only offers a new perspective on the elusive date of that seminal biography's composition, but also suggests that historians of any era may profitably apply Keith Michael Baker's definition of political culture to their own fields of inquiry by evaluating how dispute resolution practices either resonated or struck discord among a polity's chief stakeholders.
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Carolingian Origins Latowsky, Anne A
Emperor of the World,
02/2013
Book Chapter
The apocryphal travels of Charlemagne to Jerusalem and Constantinople have their roots in the Carolingian sources of the eighth and ninth centuries. The story begins with chapter 16 of Einhard’sLife ...of Charlemagne, in which the biographer elaborates the ways in which foreign leaders sought the friendship of the Frankish king after his imperial coronation and willingly offered themselves as his subjects.¹ Charlemagne increased the glory of his kingdom, Einhard explains, by winning over kings and peoples through friendly means. One of the surrendering kings was Alfonso, the king of Galicia and Asturias, who sent envoys charged with delivering letters
Ganz reviews Vita Karoli: "Personalità e imprese di un re grandissimo e di meritatissima fama" by Eginardo and edited by Paolo Chiesa, with Giuseppe Albertoni, Ileana Pagani, Luigi G. G. Ricci, ...Francesco Stella, and Alessandro Zironi.
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