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Charlemagne is one of the few medieval figures to have maintained a constant presence in the cultural memory of later ages. One of the main factors in this phenomenon is the literary production that set in immediately after his death, with its tendency to model the figure of the Emperor in accordance with the interests of the authors, and frequently to elevate him to a mythical status. While the images of Charlemagne that came about in this way in the European literatures between the 9th and the 15th century obviously differ somewhat, they are in some cases astonishingly consistent throughout the period in question. They are presented here for the first time in one volume, and analyzed from the various perspectives adopted by different disciplines. Karl der Große zählt zu den wenigen Gestalten des Mittelalters, die im kulturellen Gedächtnis der Nachwelt immer präsent geblieben sind. Wesentlichen Anteil daran haben literarische Produktionen, die bereits kurz nach seinem Tod einsetzten, ihn dabei nach jeweils eigenen Interessen modellierend und oft ins Mythische überhöhend. Die auf diese Weise in den europäischen Literaturen zwischen dem 9. und 15. Jahrhundert entstandenen, teilweise differierenden, teilweise jedoch erstaunlich festen Karlsbilder werden hier erstmals in einem Band vorgestellt und aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen analysiert.

Literature, Medieval --- History and criticism. --- Charlemagne, --- Karol Wielki, --- Karl --- Carolus Magnus, --- Shārlmān, --- Charles the Great, --- Karl Velikiĭ, --- Carlo Magno, --- Carlos Magno, --- Karolus Magnus, --- Karl the Great, --- Carlomagno, --- Karl den store, --- شارلمان، --- Romances --- In literature. --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism --- Charlemagne --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814 - Romances - History and criticism --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814 - In literature --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814

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Geen vorst heeft in de Middeleeuwen zo tot de verbeelding gesproken als Karel de Grote. In middeleeuwse kronieken figureerde de keiser ende coninc mede als de ideale vorst, en nog eeuwen na zijn dood deden verhalen over hem en zijn paladijnen de ronde in heel West-Europa. Ook de middeleeuwse Lage Landen kenden een rijkdom aan epische teksten over Karel de Grote en de zijnen. In Karolus Rex zijn nieuwe inzichten over de middeleeuwse Kareltraditie bijeengebracht. In de bundel ligt de nadruk op de Middelnederlandse Karelromans, maar ook de internationale traditie wordt niet geschuwd.

Fiction --- anno 500-1499 --- Dutch literature --- History and criticism. --- Charlemagne, --- In literature. --- History and criticism --- In literature --- Karol Wielki, --- Karl --- Carolus Magnus, --- Shārlmān, --- Charles the Great, --- Karl Velikiĭ, --- Carlo Magno, --- Carlos Magno, --- Karolus Magnus, --- Karl the Great, --- Carlomagno, --- Karl den store, --- شارلمان، --- Charlemagne --- To 1500 --- Dutch literature - To1500 - History and criticism --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814 - In literature --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814

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Charlemagne never traveled farther east than Italy, but by the mid-tenth century a story had begun to circulate about the friendly alliances that the emperor had forged while visiting Jerusalem and Constantinople. This story gained wide currency throughout the Middle Ages, appearing frequently in chronicles, histories, imperial decrees, and hagiographies-even in stained-glass windows and vernacular verse and prose. In Emperor of the World, Anne A. Latowsky traces the curious history of this myth, revealing how the memory of the Frankish Emperor was manipulated to shape the institutions of kingship and empire in the High Middle Ages.The legend incorporates apocalyptic themes such as the succession of world monarchies at the End of Days and the prophecy of the Last Roman Emperor. Charlemagne's apocryphal journey to the East increasingly resembled the eschatological final journey of the Last Emperor, who was expected to end his reign in Jerusalem after reuniting the Roman Empire prior to the Last Judgment. Instead of relinquishing his imperial dignity and handing the rule of a united Christendom over to God as predicted, this Charlemagne returns to the West to commence his reign. Latowsky finds that the writers who incorporated this legend did so to support, or in certain cases to criticize, the imperial pretentions of the regimes under which they wrote. New versions of the myth would resurface at times of transition and during periods marked by strong assertions of Roman-style imperial authority and conflict with the papacy, most notably during the reigns of Henry IV and Frederick Barbarossa. Latowsky removes Charlemagne's encounters with the East from their long-presumed Crusading context and shows how a story that began as a rhetorical commonplace of imperial praise evolved over the centuries as an expression of Christian Roman universalism.

East and West --- East and West in literature. --- Authority in literature. --- Literature, Medieval --- Civilization, Western --- Civilization, Oriental --- Occident and Orient --- Orient and Occident --- West and East --- Eastern question --- History --- History and criticism. --- Asian influences --- Oriental influences --- Western influences --- Charlemagne, --- Influence. --- Legends --- Holy Roman Empire --- Kings and rulers. --- Karol Wielki, --- Karl --- Carolus Magnus, --- Shārlmān, --- Charles the Great, --- Karl Velikiĭ, --- Carlo Magno, --- Carlos Magno, --- Karolus Magnus, --- Karl the Great, --- Carlomagno, --- Karl den store, --- شارلمان، --- Littérature médiévale --- Autorité dans la littérature --- Orient et Occident dans la littérature --- Orient et Occident --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Jusqu'à 1500 --- Saint Empire romain germanique --- Rois et souverains --- Authority in literature --- East and West in literature --- History and criticism --- Influence --- Kings and rulers --- History of Europe --- Charles the Great [Holy Roman Emperor] --- anno 800-1199 --- anno 1200-1299 --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism --- East and West - History - To 1500 --- Charlemagne --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814 - Legends - History and criticism --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814 - Influence --- Holy Roman Empire - Kings and rulers --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814

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Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. This magisterial study re-examines Charlemagne the ruler and his reputation. It analyses the narrative representations of Charlemagne produced after his death, and thereafter focuses on the evidence from Charlemagne's lifetime concerning the creation of the Carolingian dynasty and the growth of the kingdom, the court and the royal household, communications and identities in the Frankish realm in the context of government, and Charlemagne's religious and cultural strategies. The book offers a critical examination of the contemporary sources and in so doing transforms our understanding of the development of the Carolingian empire, the formation of Carolingian political identity, and the astonishing changes effected throughout Charlemagne's forty-six year period of rule. This is a major contribution to Carolingian history which will be essential reading for anyone interested in the medieval past. Rosamond McKitterick has also received the 2010 Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for History for her research into the Carolingians.

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