num_pages: 232
description: Regarded by some as a Continental equivalent of King Arthur, Charlemagne was a real flesh-and-blood character, King of the Franks. Like Arthur, many colourful myths surround Charlemagne, and he and his loyal paladins do resemble Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. The legends that grew around these legendary kings are a mixture of straightforward derring-do and magic. One has the feeling that, just as phenomena such as thunder prompted similar stories of thunder-gods in mythologies in all parts of the world, so similar personalities prompted similar stories in situations well separated in time and distance, as are these famous tales. Both provide excitement and entertainment of a high order and deservedly maintain a place on bookshelves worldwide, This small book is intended as a guide to the people and places mentioned in the Carolingian legends in the hope that it will encourage the reader to delve more deeply into the voluminous literature dealing not only with the legends of Charlemagne but also those of the heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses of many nations of whom equally wondrous tales are told.
language: English
title: Charlemagne Man Or Myth
titlecomplete: Charlemagne Man Or Myth
publisher: Immanion Pr