Son of Charlemagne
Subtitle: a contemporary life of Louis the Pious
By: translated with introduction and notes by Allen Cabaniss.
Contributors: Astronomus, fl. 814-840.; Cabaniss, Allen, 1911-
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Syracuse, N. Y
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Louis -- I, -- Emperor, -- 778-840; France -- History -- Carlovingian and early period to 987
Notes: Translation based on the MGH (Monumenta Germaniae historica) and MPL (Migne's Patrologiae cursus completus series Latina) editions of Vita Hludowici imperatoris, ascribed to the so-called Astronomus, a member of the court. Cf. M. Manitius. Geschichte der latein. Lit. des Mittelalters. München, 1911. t. 1, p. 655-657.