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Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Introduction The Life of Charlemagne is a biography written by Einhard on King Charlemagne's public and private lives, character as well as successes. It is the initial medieval life history believed to be penned between the years of 817-836 (Dias 79). It is a direct description since Einhard was a close friend of the King and worked at the palace school at the time of the Charlemagne's rule. In this essay, the writer will critically analyze Life of Charlemagne biography discussing the type of biography it is, themes that interested Einhard and how he depicted King Charlemagne. The kind of Biography it is It is a historical biography. Historical biographies deal with rebuilding and depiction of a historical person’s life. Therefore, these biographies include more events surrounding the person not only his or her life’s representation. Einhard's biography represents that life of past King Charlemagne of the Franks (771-814) (Dias 80). A historical biography includes life events, the account of a particular time, as well as the explanation of the event’s features. Einhard’s work is a representation of King Charlemagne's qualities and an account of key events such as the Franks’ wars with the Saxons. It thus, tells the history of this period through King Charlemagne's life. Moreover, it puts the King in the middle of the story, rather than a broader examination of dynamics as well as events. Secondly, the biography uses the non-hagiographic model where Einhard writes about the life of a non-ecclesiastical ruler. The majority of the medieval biographies concentrated on the life history of saints, clerics
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