Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Maps xi
5. List of Genealogies xxxi
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Family Stories Charles Might Have Known 35
8. 3. The Child in the Picture 67
9. 4. Family Fortunes 93
10. 5. Charles in Italy 119
11. 6. Peace and War: 774– 9 149
12. 7. The Family Deployed, ‘...all Saxony subjugated’ 181
13. 8. Boundary- crossings 211
14. 9. Franks, Bavarians and New Thinking: 787– 9 243
15. 10. The Regensburg Years 269
16. 11. Saxons, Saracens, Northmen and the Council of Frankfurt: 792– 4 299
17. 12. The Beginning of the End of the Saxon Wars: 792– 9 319
18. 13. Interesting Times, Dangerous Times 347
19. 14. Fin de siècle – début de siècle: Romanum gubernans imperium 387
20. 15. The Aachen Years 417
21. 16. ‘Charles, by the bounty of divine grace emperor and augustus . . . to his beloved and honourable brother Michael glorious emperor and augustus’ 457
22. By Way of Conclusion 487
23. Notes on the Illustrations 495
24. Notes 501
25. Bibliography 581
26. Acknowledgements 649
27. Index 651