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Tom mentions that Einhardt, a monk, wrote a life of Charlemagne. He quotes from this work regarding Charlemagne's reaction to being crowned emperor, noting that Einhardt claimed Charlemagne 'was so averse to receiving the name of emperor that he said he would never have entered the church that day' if he had known the Pope's plan.

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Tom mentions that Einhardt's biography of Charlemagne was 'modeled on Suetonius' lives of the Caesars,' referencing this classical Roman biographical work as a literary model for the medieval biography.