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Referenced multiple times as a primary source for Charlemagne's biography. Einhard is described as 'the biographer of Charlemagne' and his account of the coronation and physical description of Charlemagne are quoted and discussed.

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Referenced as 'the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes' when describing the blinding of Emperor Constantine VI by his mother Irene in 797.

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Explicitly mentioned as 'a brilliant book on her by Judith Heron, Women in Purple' when discussing Empress Irene of Constantinople.

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Referenced as 'Suetonius, the biography of the Caesars' when discussing how Einhard may have drawn physical descriptions of Charlemagne from Suetonius's descriptions of Roman emperors.

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Explicitly quoted - 'Peter Brown in his book, The Rise of Western Christendom' - when discussing the Carolingian scholar-administrators as 'the first technocrats of Europe.'