Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Charlemagne ’ s Empire : The Resurrection of Rome on the Ruins of Usurers and Frauds
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Johnson, Matthew Raphael Johnstown |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | This essay will examine the relations of Roman Catholicism and the New Rome created by Charles the Great in the late 8th and early 9th centuries.1 The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard makes several references to this relation in his sections on conquest as well as the emperor's personal piety. The literature on this essential issue is extraordinarily large. However, the focus of this essay will be on Ganshof's (1965) article “The Impact of Charlemagne on the Institutions of the Frankish Realm.” This paper is particularly useful for this essay because it has as its primary concern the Church and its relation to the creation of a new legal order in the west. This article is a perfect companion to Einhard's writings on the empire and religion, since these are orders that were issued from the Emperor both as a political and ecclesiastical figure. There was, in Charlemagne’s mind, no distinction between these roles. The church, without strong royal oversight, had decayed under the Merovingian royals, and hence, his role was as extraordinary bishop and monarch simultaneously. Furthermore, these are relevant in his dealings wit the eastern empire (whose title he usurped), as well as, significantly, his desperate Capitulary of Herstal in 779, when the empire seemed to be unraveling. These Capitularies had one theme: the emperor's role was one as churchman and emperor, and, since both have God for their source, they are one.2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://theorthodoxnationalist.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/charles_empire.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
