Johannes Fried is a German historian and medievalist. Fried studied at the University of Heidelberg, where he obtained his doctorate in 1970. He was a professor at the University of Cologne from 1980 to 1983 and currently holds the Chair of Medieval History at the University of Frankfurt am Main.
When the legendary Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne died in 814 he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Johannes Fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and a...[SEE MORE]