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11-30-2008, 06:03 AM
Charlemagne: Translated Sources
By P.D. King
The reign of Charlemagne (born 742, King from 768, Emperor from 800, died 814), was one of expansion for the Carolingian Empire. It would be a rare for a year to go by where Charlemagne did not have his armies engaged in warfare, either against Saxons, Northmen, Moors or other enemies. A great deal of sources remain which shed light on the campaigns and military affairs during this period. Several different sources are offered below:
The accounts for the years 775 to 776 from the Annals of the Kingdom of the Franks
The accounts for the years 782 to 784 from the Revised Annals of the Kingdom of the Franks
The accounts for the years 808 to 810 from the Annals of the Kingdom of the Franks
The account of the siege of Barcelona in 801 and warfare in Moorish Spain, from the Life of Louis the Pious
Three capitularies detailing military affairs in the Carolingian Empire
found here...http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/SOURCES/charlemagne.htm
By P.D. King
The reign of Charlemagne (born 742, King from 768, Emperor from 800, died 814), was one of expansion for the Carolingian Empire. It would be a rare for a year to go by where Charlemagne did not have his armies engaged in warfare, either against Saxons, Northmen, Moors or other enemies. A great deal of sources remain which shed light on the campaigns and military affairs during this period. Several different sources are offered below:
The accounts for the years 775 to 776 from the Annals of the Kingdom of the Franks
The accounts for the years 782 to 784 from the Revised Annals of the Kingdom of the Franks
The accounts for the years 808 to 810 from the Annals of the Kingdom of the Franks
The account of the siege of Barcelona in 801 and warfare in Moorish Spain, from the Life of Louis the Pious
Three capitularies detailing military affairs in the Carolingian Empire
found here...http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/SOURCES/charlemagne.htm