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Charlemagne
Comparison Essay # 19945
Charlemagne
Compares two versions of the life of this medieval king and the accuracy of political, private and military experiences.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
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1993
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"This study will compare the two versions of the life of Charlemagne by Einhard and by Notker the Stammerer. The study will consider the relative accuracy of the two accounts in terms of the medieval king's political, private and military experiences, and will consider as well the reason for the differences in the two authors' perceptions of him.There are a number of stark differences between the two versions of Charlemagne's life. In the first place, Einhard's work at least tries to stick to the facts of that life, although there are questions about his accuracy, while Notker openly presents a "much more discursive and anecdotal" account. In any case, translator Thorpe refers to both works as "biographies, or pseudo-biographies" (p. 2).
We might expect a "fact"-based account to be more accurate ..."
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