The Carolingian Empire and the Rise of France
by
Rene Poupardin, Louis Halphen
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
IT was at his winter home at Doué, early in February 814, that Louis of Aquitaine received the news of his father's death, which had been immediately sent to him by his sisters and the magnates who had espoused his cause. It is a difficult matter to discern through the self-interested encomiums of...