Publisher's Synopsis
This is a comprehensive history of the Franks, one of the most influential civilizations of the Middle Ages thanks to Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance. From the preface: "The following pages are the result of studies, the chief object of which was to gain an insight into the age of Charlemagne. They are offered to the public in the hope that they may throw some little light on one of the darkest but not least important ages of the world, when, in the early dawn of modern history, rude hands sowed the seeds of Christian civilization."
