Editing Julian calendar (section)

===Charlemagne===
Much more lasting than the ephemeral month names of the post-Augustan Roman emperors were the [[Germanic calendar|Old High German names]] introduced by [[Charlemagne]]. According to his biographer, Einhard, Charlemagne renamed all of the months agriculturally in German.<ref>Einhard, [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.asp#Reforms ''Life of Charlemagne'', 29].</ref> These names were used until the 15th century, over 700 years after his rule, and continued, with some modifications, to be used as "traditional" month names until the late 18th century. The names (January to December) were: ''Wintarmanoth'' ("winter month"), ''Hornung'',<ref group=note>This name of February, the only name in the list without the "month" suffix, is explained by König, ''Festschrift Bergmann'' (1997), pp. 425 ff. as a collective of ''[[:wikt:horn|horn]]'', taken to refer to the antlers shed by [[red deer]] during this time. Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian ''horning'' (Anglo-Saxon ''hornung-sunu'', Old Norse ''hornungr'') meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months.</ref> ''Lentzinmanoth'' ("spring month", "[[:wikt:Lent|Lent]] month"), ''Ostarmanoth'' ("[[:wikt:Easter|Easter]] month"), ''Wonnemanoth'' ("[[:wikt:Appendix:Proto-Germanic/wunjō|joy]]-month", a corruption of ''Winnimanoth'' "pasture-month"), ''Brachmanoth'' ("[[:wikt:Brache|fallow]]-month"), ''Heuuimanoth'' ("hay month"), ''Aranmanoth'' ("[[:wikt:earnian|reaping]] month"), ''Witumanoth'' ("wood month"), ''Windumemanoth'' ("vintage month"), ''Herbistmanoth'' ("harvest month"), and ''Heilagmanoth'' ("holy month").