Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xx, 284 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-267) and index. |
Contents |
Empires -- A Rome yet to be : Aachen, A.D. 796 -- An empress of Byzantium : Constantinople, A.D. 797 -- Sowing the seeds of empire : Tours, A.D. 796-798 -- Daybreak in the city of peace : Baghdad, A.D. 797-799 -- The merchants of Ashkenaz : Francia, A.D. 797-799 -- Emperor -- Blood of the martyrs : Rome and Paderborn, A.D. 799 -- Prayers and plots : Francia, A.D. 799-800 -- Karl, crowned by God / Rome, A.D. 800 -- An elephant at Aachen : Ifriqiya to Aachen, A.D. 801-802 -- Little men at the end of all things : Verdun, A.D. 843. |
Subject |
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- Influence.
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Emperors -- France -- Biography.
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Holy Roman Empire -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Holy Roman Empire.
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
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Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258.
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Abbasids.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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ISBN |
0060797061 |
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9780060797065 |
Standard No. |
9780060797065 |
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