Lewis G.M. Thorpe (1913–1977)
Auteur de Two Lives of Charlemagne
A propos de l'auteur
Séries
Œuvres de Lewis G.M. Thorpe
The Lancelot in the Arthurian Prose Vulgate 2 exemplaires
La France Guerriere 2 exemplaires
Biographical Bulletin Of The International Arthurian Society. / Bulletin Bibliographique De La Societe International… (1980) — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Journey Through Wales and The Description of Wales (1191) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 548 exemplaires
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion (1973) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 170 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Thorpe, Lewis G.M.
- Autres noms
- Thorpe, Lewis Guy Melville
- Date de naissance
- 1913-11-05
- Date de décès
- 1977-10-10
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Professions
- philologist
translator
professor (of French)
author
editor - Relations
- Reynolds, Barbara (wife)
- Organisations
- British Army (WWII)
University of Nottingham (1946-)
International Arthurian Society (British branch ∙ president)
Marylebone Cricket Club (member) - Prix et distinctions
- Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 1,342
- Popularité
- #19,173
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 12
Einhard sought to evoke classical works, specifically Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars. He worked in Charlemagne’s court and so had good knowledge of his source, drawing upon first-hand accounts while using his book to promote education. Unlike other biographies from the Middle Ages that focus on their subjects’ good deeds, scholars such as F.A. Ogg (1907) and Thomas Hodgkin (1897) consider the work a faithful account and a starting point for modern biographers.
Notker wrote his account of Charlemagne’s life for Charles III, known as “The Fat,” the great-grandson of Charlemagne who visited Gall in 833. The work demonstrates the effect of that patronage, as Charles III sought to emulate his great-grandfather, even modeling his palace at Sélestate in Alsace after Charlemagne’s Palace at Aachen. Notker’s work compiles anecdotes of Charlemagne rather than attempt to offer a proper biography, invoking the virtues of Charlemagne in order to please his patron. At times, he cites nonexistent sources or mistakes dates, using parables to teach lessons while criticizing the pride of high-born bishops.
Taken together, the two biographies offer insight into the Middle Ages as well as the process of historical writing at this time. They resemble Plutarch’s Roman Lives or some other European sagas, like that of Egil or Snorri Sturluson’s saga of King Harald. Historians and classicists will find this particularly useful, but Penguin’s paperback editions also help make this history available to laypeople seeking to broaden their own reading.… (plus d'informations)