Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; Latin: E(g)inhardus; c. 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni, "one of the most precious literary bequests of the early Middle Ages". [1]

Einhard (born c. 770, Maingau, Franconia [Germany]—died March 14, 840, Seligenstadt, Franconia) was a Frankish historian and court scholar whose writings are an invaluable source of information on Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire.

2015年6月20日 · Einhard is frankly and openly Charlemagne’s biggest fan. He wants to record “the extraordinary life of this most remarkable king, the greatest man of all those living in his own period.” The king is always described as more energetic, possessed of more determination, a “mettlesome spirit.”

Einhard was a man of very short stature, a feature on which Alcuin wrote an epigram. Consequently he was called Nardulus, a diminutive form of Einhardus, and his great industry and activity caused him to be likened to an ant. He was also a man of learning and culture.

EINHARD. The biographer and royal counselor of charlemagne; b. c. 770; d. Seligenstadt, March 14, 840. Einhard, educated first at Fulda, was eventually sent to Charlemagne's palace school at Aachen, where he continued his education under alcuin.

2025年3月5日 · After Charlemagne's death in ad 814 he was made abbot of a series of religious houses. Between ad 829 and ad 836 he wrote his Life of Charlemagne, which remains the main source of much of what is known about the Frankish Empire. Einhard died in ad 840. From: Einhard in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology »

(Less correctly EGINHARD), historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire; d. 14 March, 840, at Seligenstadt. His earliest training he received at the monastery of Fulda, where he showed such unusual mental powers that Abbot ...

2022年4月27日 · Einhard (c. 775 – March 14, 840 ACE) Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni, "one of the most precious literary bequests of the early Middle Ages."

Einhard and Charlemagne have traveled through history together, at least as we have always imagined them, the little biographer and his towering subject. Their relationship has always struck observers, including Einhard himself, as that of a nurturing father and his adopted son.

Vita Karoli Magni (Life of Charlemagne) is a biography of Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans, written by Einhard. [1][2] The Life of Charlemagne is a 33 chapter account starting with the full genealogy of the Merovingian family, going through the rise of the Carolingian dynasty, and then detailing the exploits and temperam...