Table of Contents:
- Einhard, biographer of Charlemagne
- Charlemagne
- Alcuin's revision of the Bible
- The imperial coronation of Charlemagne: theories and facts
- Charlemagne's programme of imperial government
- The institutional framework of the Frankish monarchy: a survey of its general characteristics
- Charlemagne's use of the oath
- The use of the written word in Charlemagne's administration
- The impact of Charlemagne on the institutions of the Frankish realm
- The Frankish monarchy and its external relations, from Pippin III to Louis the Pious
- The Church and the royal power in the Frankish monarchy under Pippin III and Charlemagne
- The last period of Charlemagne's reign; a study in decomposition
- Charlemagne's failure
- Louis the Pious reconsidered
- Some observations on the Ordinatio Imperii of 817
- On the genesis and significance of the Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Select bibliography of the publications of F. L. Ganshof (p. 303-311)