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Einhard

770 - 840

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Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; Latin: E(g)inhardus; c. 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Einhard has received more than 283,084 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Einhard is the 386th most popular writer (down from 323rd in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Germany (down from 289th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Writer.

Einhard is most famous for his biography of Charlemagne, which is one of the few contemporary accounts of the life of the king.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

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Notable Works

Vie de Charlemagne
1923
Einhardus--a neuniknout budoucímu věku
France
1999
The life of Charlemagne
1953
Vita Karoli Magni
1911
Vita Karoli Magni imperatoris
Biography & Autobiography
Charlemagne's impact on Europe -- on the world -- cannot be underestimated. He brought together diverse cultures in his empire, supported scholarship, and established the power of the Christian church. In Early Lives of Charlemagne, we receive two views of the emperor within a century of his death. According to translator and editor A.J. Grant, the differences are instructive. In the treatment by Eginhard, who was Charlemagne's personal secretary, we read a "restrained, positive, well-arranged narrative" that "distorts the facts of history wonderfully little." In contrast, the Monk of Saint Gall's version was written about seventy years after the emperor's death, when "the mist of legend and myth steamed up rapidly from the grave of a well-known figure." Taken together, these essays provide information not only about Charles the Great, but also about the task of writing history and biography.
1880
Einhards Jahrbücher
1986
The Life of Charlemagne
1964
Two Lives of Charlemagne
2002
Vita Karoli Magni
Kings and rulers, Biography, History
1911
Vita Caroli Magni
1878
The life of Charlemagne
Kings and rulers, Vroege middeleeuwen, Karolingen
1953
Vita Karoli Magni imperatoris
Biography, History, Kings and rulers
1880

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Einhard ranks 386 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergei Yesenin, Jean Genet, Cornelius Nepos, Elena Ferrante, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and Mika Waltari. After him are Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gregory of Tours, Attar of Nishapur, Alice Munro, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, and Sándor Márai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 770, Einhard ranks 2. Before him is Ali al-Ridha. After him are Pope Stephen IV, Michael II, Michael I Rangabe, Al-Hakam I, Pepin the Hunchback, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, Maria of Amnia, Bera, Count of Barcelona, Hugh of Tours, and Theodosia, wife of Leo V. Among people deceased in 840, Einhard ranks 2. Before him is Louis the Pious. After him are Emperor Wenzong of Tang, Emperor Junna, Agobard, and Euphrosyne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Einhard ranks 330 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Michael Haneke (1942), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), August Kekulé (1829), and Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744). After him are Karl Haushofer (1869), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), and Adolf Butenandt (1903).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Einhard ranks 24. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Ernst Jünger (1895), Michael Ende (1929), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), and Karl May (1842). After him are Heinrich Mann (1871), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Traudl Junge (1920), Jean Paul (1763), Patrick Süskind (1949), and Klaus Mann (1906).

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