Louis the pious biography of donald

Louis ruled longer as emperor than any other Carolingian, and he was the last of his family of rule in any meaningful way over the whole of the Imperium.

This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period.

“Louis the Pious, who is also called the Debonair, presents the melan- choly spectacle of a man essentially good by nature, full of lofty inten- tions, amiable.

The anonymous ninth century author of this biography of his life (who appears to have been closely connected with Louis' court) is no literary.

Born on the 16th April 778 while Charlemagne was on campaign.

“Louis the Pious, who is also called the Debonair, presents the melan- choly spectacle of a man essentially good by nature, full of lofty inten- tions, amiable..

Vita Hludovici

Astronomus, the Astronomer

Not to be confused with Gesta Hludowici imperatoris.

Vita Hludovici or Vita Hludovici Imperatoris (The Life of Louis or the Life of the Emperor Louis) is an anonymous biography of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from AD to

Author

The work was written in Latin in or soon after AD by an anonymous author who is conventionally called Astronomus, the Astronomer or sometimes the Limousin Astronomer.

This is due to his many detailed comments on astronomical matters in the work upon which he describes himself as "one credited with having knowledge of this subject."^[1] He held office at the court of Louis the Pious, and his cultural and religious references suggest that he was not a churchman.^[2] It has been conjectured, based on evidence within the text, that the author was born around AD and that his nationality was not Gothic or Frankish.

The author's attitude to his subje