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The Paderborn epic of Charlemagne
HYRŠOVÁ, Jana
This thesis which is called "The Paderborn epic of Charlemagne" aims especially at translating the epic poem, whose author is medieval poet Angilbert (750 - 814 AD). The work consist of 536 hexametric verses and has not yet been translated to Czech. The thesis is divided into two main parts - the historical and the literáty one. The first part pays attention to the main character of the epic - Charlemagne - including his private life, political career and in particular his role as a ruler. The second part, apart from translating the work, aims at identifying and analyzing literary sources, which Angilbert used as his inspiration. The peculiarities of Angilbert´s metre are also discussed here.

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2 Hyršová, Jitka
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