How Medieval Records Lie to You

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Imagine a monastery in the early 9th century in  what is now Alsace. A young monk is sitting in the scriptorium in front of a codex containing  the Annales Regni Francorum. An Annales text containing the history of the Frankish Empire  and its great king and emperor Charles, known as “the Great”. The young man begins  to ponder; he turns to his eld... Read More