Analysis Of Two Lives Of Charlemagne By Einhard

On Einhard’s account of the great Charlemagne in Two Lives of Charlemagne, the theme of war makes up a good portion of the biography of Charlemagne from Einhard’s account of the great king. Einhard recalls to readers of the many battles and the many enemies that Charlemagne fought and won. The only thing that seems to linger is how much of Einhard’s account is reliable, and how much is made up. Did Einhard add in “details” to make Charlemagne a heroic man versus a rather ambiguous leader who made both moral and immoral decisions when war is involved? In my paper, I want to explore the evidence that suggests Einhard glorifies war in order to make Charlemagne into a hero or a man with true honor and morals. While, analyzing the theme of war in Two Lives of Charlemagne. Before analyzing the subject, Charlemagne, we must first look into the man who written about the interesting figure. With Two Lives of Charlemagne, Einhard is one of the writers involved in the biography of Charlemagne. As the introduction is written, Einhard’s life is marginal documented. Probably not being an “important figure”, Einhard’s life, possibly didn’t matter in comparison to leaders like Charlemagne. The things that

A rather interesting passage from Einhard in Two Lives of Charlemagne. Charlemagne, as written by Einhard, conquered his enemy after the two battles he fought in, and it was because of those two battles that the battle hungry enemy feared Charlemagne and didn’t dare to feel his wrath again. So, why did the enemy fear Charlemagne? Einhard never writes the reason why and the level of Charlemagne’s anger. Had Einhard ever experience that anger himself? The question that I was concerned this is, what’s Charlemagne’s