The Legend of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages

These essays take advantage of a new, exciting trend towards interdisciplinary research on the Charlemagne legend. Written by historians, art historians, and literary scholars, these essays focus on the multifaceted ways the Charlemagne legend functioned in the Middle Ages and how central the shared (if nonetheless fictional) memory of the great Frankish ruler was to the medieval West. A gateway to new research on memory, crusading, apocalyptic expectation, Carolingian historiography, and medieval kingship, the contributors demonstrate the fuzzy line separating "fact" and "fiction" in the Middle Ages.

Matthew Gabriele is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Coordinator of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Jace Stuckey is Assistant Professor of History, Louisiana Tech University.

List of Figures	p. xi
Prologue	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Abbreviations	p. xxi
Introduction: Charles to Charlemagne
Greatness Contested and Confirmed: The Raw Materials of the Charlemagne Legend	p. 3
Karolvs Magnvs or Karolvs Felix: The Making of Charlemagne's Reputation and Legend	p. 23
Memories of Carolingian Kingship
Al-Hakim, Charlemagne, and the Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes	p. 41
Godfrey of Bouillon versus Raymond of Saint-Gilles: How Carolingian Kingship Trumped Millenarianism at the End of the First Crusade	p. 59
Charlemagne's Legacy and Anglo-Norman Imperium in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum	p. 77
Modeling the Man
Charlemagne as Saint? Relics and the Choice of Window Subjects at Chartres Cathedral	p. 97
Charlemagne as Crusader? Memory, Propaganda, and the Many Uses of Charlemagne's Legendary Expedition to Spain	p. 137
Charlemagne as Pilgrim? Requests for Relics in the Descriptio qualiter and the Voyage of Charlemagne	p. 153
List of Contributors	p. 169
Index	p. 171
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