The history of Romanesque architecture in Germany-begins with Charlemagne. We find no buildings in that country older than his time except those which the Romans had left behind them. Charlemagne however was a great builder. Eginhardt his secretary and biographer says he repaired the churches throughout his dominions, but he gives no details. A book de aedificiis in the 8th century would have been very interesting, but Eginhardt was no Procopius, nor was Charlemagne a Justinian...