Charlemagne is described by Janet Nelson as a model for Einhard. Einhard himself writes in the first paragraph of the Life of Charlemagne: “After deciding to write about the life, character and no small part of the exploits of my lord and adoptive father, Charles, that most excellent and deservedly famous king, I decided to do so as briefly as possible. I feel these are sincere words about the man who took care of Einhard. I feel that Einhard's purpose in writing The Life of Charlemagne is to praise the works of his "adopted father" and create a historical document describing Charlemagne's great deeds so that he will not be forgotten over time as a great leader and man. After contemplating Einhard's purpose in writing The Life of Charlemagne, it is important to examine his qualifications for doing so. At the beginning of the introduction there is a brief history of Einhard and his education. “He was born shortly after 770 and was given his father's name. The family sent him as a boy to the great monastery of Fulda, where he was educated, and granted the abbey a grant of land which they owned in the Maingau. In the 790s he was sent by the abbot to the court of Charlemagne, where he became a pupil of Alcuin, a Yorkshireman, who had gone there to teach, and succeeded him as teacher at the palace school. educated man and in other accounts was highly regarded as a poet. Einhard was not only skilled enough to write about Charlemagne, but was almost obliged to do so. After a brief summary of some of the highlights of Einhard's career, the introduction to the Life of Charlemagne says: "This sketch of Einhard's career makes it clear that we... in the middle of the paper... be emperor." I find Einhard's account credible because he was described as someone who Charlemagne had entrusted with the task of knowing the events that were happening and being able to provide an accurate description of how Charlemagne was changing his society. However, I believe that Einhard described the coronation differently than Tierney, leaving out much of the Church's insistence on Charlemagne's coronation. Although the entire biography is short, it almost seems like Einhard rushed in during the coronation, which I would have found to be a monumental part of his rule. It is interesting to me that Einhard does not delve into Charlemagne's feelings about the coronation and what steps he took to treat it with the care he believed it needed. However on all other accounts of Charlemagne's life I believe that Einhard is a credible source.