The first part is clear enough stripping first dÉpinal number of images that we have been served for years on Charlemagne Charlemagne visiting schools, Emperor with the flowing beard etc, etc ... Then we author presents a chronological biography of Charlemagne annual military campaigns, the relationship between Charlemagne and the various popes who lead the coronation of the year 8OO, not to mention pretty impressive list of female conquests of the emperor, are the fabric of this second part. Finally, Georges Minois offers us in the last part, a comprehensive thematic approach, noted the reign of Charlemagne in which we discover a more intimate Charlemagne.
A sum of Charlemagne both compelling and brilliant!