Talk:Charlemagne

Research notes and checks (24 October 2026)

The following points about this article's sources still need checking:

Revised 24 October 2026: Collins (2010) is now the main source (king of the Franks, 768–814, king of the Lombards, coronation in 800). Thompson is kept only for attributed statements (inheritance of Austrasia and Aquitaine, Carloman, 54 campaigns, the Avars, the sworn inquest, the capitulare de villis).
Collins note 17 ('Charles the Great') was seen only in a find-result snippet with an approximate page; it is paraphrased. Collins note 18 (chronology) is not used.
Collins's views (the 778 expedition probably ill-conceived; the 'theoretical vacancy' in Constantinople; the crown being unprecedented) are attributed to him.
His death in 814 is taken from Collins note 15 (Louis succeeding his father in 814) and note 1 (reign 768–814). The Basque attack is mentioned without detail. The gloss of the sworn inquest is the drafter's.
Collins is cited as Red Globe Press, 3rd edn, year=2010, ISBN 978-0-230-00673-7, as printed on the copyright page ('Third edition 2010'). Perlego lists 2017; the mismatch is not reconciled. The ISBN is printed without a binding and is assumed to be the print edition.
Thompson is cited as Routledge Revivals 2016 edition, orig-date 1931, ISBN 978-1-138-65906-3. **All Thompson page numbers are approximate (~) and unchecked**; every Thompson point is paraphrased. The book is dated (1931), so interpretive views are attributed to him.
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Quotation marks are used only for full-sentence exact quotations, or for terms of three words or fewer found in the notes.
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The category Category:People has not been checked against the live wiki, nor have the See also links.
All notes cited are marked 'Not checked' against the printed book.

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