Life Of Charlemagne Analysis

Is Einhard biased or unbiased of Charlemagne? That is the question. Einhard was definitely biased when writing his description of Charlemagne primarily because he was writing his piece while Charlemagne was still breathing. Any historian who has studied history, knows that a scribe never wants to write something bad about their king because they would have been executed on the spot and that is why Einhard writings of The Life of Charlemagne is biased. However, he wanted people to know some facts about Charlemagne so he included subtle hints in his book about events that might have had Charlemagne’s hand in them Einhard was a very gifted writer for his time and was definitely biased to Charlemagne throughout his life. In fact, it was because of Charlemagne that he became such a gifted writer. When Charlemagne came to power, he emphasized the importance of liberal arts, intellectualism and literature in his courts. He was constantly surrounded by smart, knowledgeable scholars who all provided him with the knowledge he needed to survive and enlarge his kingdom to the size that he did.
One of the events that includes subtle hints that Einhard mentions in his book is
He leaves out the history of his birth, and upbringing just saying that “‘I believe it would be senseless to write about his birth and infancy or even his childhood, since nothing was ever written down and there is no one still alive who claims to have knowledge of those things”. However, he also mentions that he was present at his death at seventy years old which obviously means Einhard knows when Charlemagne was born, but denies it. This along with the fact that Charlemagne has been a devout Christian since birth makes the reader wonder why Einhard neglected to record what happened in Charlemagne’s upbringing and if something happened that was particularly shameful or