Louis Halphen
Encyclopedia
Louis Sigismond Isaac Halphen (February 4, 1880 – October 7, 1950) was a French
medieval specialist and the author of many important books over a long career. He was noteworthy as the editor of a modern edition of the famous classic Einhard
's "Vie de Charlemagne
" (Paris, 1947), He was also known as being one of the general editors of the monumental series Peuples et civilisations.
France
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medieval specialist and the author of many important books over a long career. He was noteworthy as the editor of a modern edition of the famous classic Einhard
Einhard
Einhard 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."-Public life:Einhard was from the eastern...
's "Vie de Charlemagne
Charlemagne
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
" (Paris, 1947), He was also known as being one of the general editors of the monumental series Peuples et civilisations.
Selected Published Books
- Le comté d'Anjou au XIe siècle, 1906
- review by S Fanning in Speculum, 1985 "...The essential works on Anjou in this period are Louis Halphen, Le comte d'Anjou au XIe siecle (Paris, 1906) JSTOR
- La Conquête romaine (with A Piganiol,& P Sagnac (1926) - Presses universitaires de France
- Charlemagne et l'empire carolingien, 1947
- Études sur l'administration de Rome au Moyen Âge (751-1252), (1972) Multigrafica Editrice
- translated into English as Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire, (1977) North-Holland Pub. Co
- translated into Spanish as Carlomagno y el imperio carolingio, Unión Tipográfica Editorial Hispano Americana (1955)
- À travers l'histoire du Moyen âge, (1950) - Presses universitaires de France