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Charlemagne: Father of a Continent

Alessandro Barbero, University of California Press, 2004

Alessandro Barbero's academic biography of Charlemagne, translated from the Italian, giving one of the fullest modern treatments of the thirty two year Saxon campaign from 772 to 804, including the destruction of the Irminsul, the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae and its death penalty for paganism, and the disputed death toll of the 782 Massacre of Verden, which the book surveys across the twentieth century historiography rather than repeating the chronicle figure uncritically.

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Author

Alessandro Barbero 1

Publisher

University of California Press 1

Publication Year

2004 1

Source Type

academic monograph 1

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A widely cited academic biography published by a major university press, translated into English from an established Italian medievalist's original, and the standard modern single-volume treatment of Charlemagne's reign including the Saxon campaign and its historiographical controversies.

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Charlemagne

This source names Charlemagne directly: "Barbero's academic biography of Charlemagne, translated from the Italian, giving one of the fullest modern treatments of the thirty two year Saxon campaign from 772 to 804, including the destruction..."

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Saxons

This source names Saxons directly: "Alessandro Barbero's academic biography of Charlemagne, translated from the Italian, giving one of the fullest modern treatments of the thirty two year Saxon campaign from 772 to 804, including the..."

Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition

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Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
Wars & Conflicts, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.