P A G E O F A C A R O L I N G I A N B O O K ’ (writ ten for C harle mag n e s so n Drogo ) EI NHARD ’S L IFE OF CHARL EMAGNE TH E LA TIN TEXT E D ITE D ' W ITH INTR U TI NS AND N TE S , OD C O O , H GARROD . W . F ELLOW A ND TUTOR OF ME RTON COLL EGE FORME RLY AS S I STA NT T UTOR OF CO RP U S C H R I STI COL LEGE ‘ A N D R B MO A . W T F ELLOW A ND AS SI STA N T TUTOR OF CORPU S C H RI STI COLL EGE OX FO R D ‘ Un u s qu isque legens t a n t o cit iu s spirit u alit er i n tellegi t qu ant o ’ ri u s in litt erat urae ma st er o leniu s in stru ct u s fu er t p gi i p i . C H R L EMAGN A E . O X F O R D AT TH E C L AREN D O N PRES S I 9 1 5 OXF ORD U NIVE RS I TY PRES S LON D ON E D I N B U RGH G L A S G OW N E W Y OR K ' TO R ONTO ME L B O U RN E B OMB A Y H MP R Y MI OR M A . U H E LF D . PUB L I S H E R TO TH E UNIVE RS ITY P R E FA C E THE primary object of this bo o k is t o satisfy t he needs of stude nts in this Unive rsity reading for t he M e H o ome Pre vious E xamination in od rn ist ry . S o f these a re n ot finished Latin scholars and t his will e xplain why t he text has o ccasio nally been o e e e e o ld e e ann tat d , or translat d , wh r it w u pr s nt little or n o difficulty t o students more familiar with Latin idiom o r vocabulary . It o ed howe e t he b ma e e t o is h p , v r , that ook y s rv introduce t o a rather w ider public a work which may fairly be called t he literary mast erpiece of t he M e iddl Age s . e i I—IV of t he I d o e he w h S ct ons ntro uction , t g t r it t he Te xt an d t he No te s upon t he Prologues a n d e i—xi x xi— a re t he o Mr G od chapt rs , xxvi , w rk of . arr . 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W C . odgkin s y her I v d v V 111 I e I h I n a ers n . n o V t e n , and S cti n of ’ t ro du ct io n t he e T e , and occasionally in Not s , raub s ’ ’ ’ Ei n lezta ng i n di e l atei m sche P hi lologze des Mi ttelalters has b een helpful . Th M re m e e r . H . e a W . E ditors uch ind bt d to . C Davis who r ead this volum e in proof and made T e valuable suggestions . h y have also to thank t he Committ ee of t he New Pala eographical S ociety for permission to reproduce t he facsimile which e forms t he frontispiec . The Editors have throughout electe d t o speak of — Charlemagne an d n ot of Charles t he Gre at to s e b M follow , that is , a tradition anction d y ilton and by Gibbon rather than a fashion certainly n ew an d T e e e be probably pedan tic . h y hop that th y may acquitte d of any sinister design t o o bscure t he essen t ially Teut o nic character of t he life and actions of Charlemagn e . 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