Charlemagne de Alessandro Barbero - 2004

University of California Press, September 2004. Hardcover. Used - Good. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books, some of them may have writing inside the cover. If you need more details about a certain book, you can always give us a call at 920-734-8908.

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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004 ISBN 0-520-23943-1 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 426pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; bumped dust jacket corners; bumped book corners; crisp; clean; bright..

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University of California Press, 2004-08-03. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.8071 in x 22.8426 in x 14.7208 in.

Hardcover w/ Dust jacket. New.

Paperback / softback. New. The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great-Charlemagne-reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the time if his death, his empire stretched across Europe to include Bavaria, Saxony, parts of Spain, and Italy. With a remarkable grasp of detail and a sweeping knowledge of Carolingian institutions and economy, Barbero not only brings Charlemagne to life with accounts of his physical appearance, tastes and habits, family life, and ideas and actions but also conveys what it meant to be king of the Franks and, later, emperor. He recounts how Charlemagne ruled his empire, kept justice, and waged wars. He vividly describes the nature of everyday life at that time, how the economy functioned, and how Christians perceived their religion. Barbero's absorbing analysis of how concepts of slavery and freedom were subtly altered as… Leer más

University California Press. Very Good. 0520239431. 2004, bright clean copy, no dustjacket, a couple of notes on the rear inner board, no other markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2004. Hardcover.

University of California Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition in an as new slipcase. This is the third 2008 printing of the 2006 edition. 428pp., illus.