HIST 214 Lecture 6: 006 LEC 18SEP2018 - HIST 214
24 Jan 2019
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What happened in 751 at st denis repeats over because charlemagne does the exact same in his on reign. Carolingian family cultivates patronage links with papacy (institution of the pope/bishop of rome), with catholic bishops and benedictine monasteries: practical aspect of christian kingship patronage. As palace mayors, they enforce allegiance to these larger networks of authority. Carolingian family one of the wealthiest in francia. Charlemagne (karl the great) r. 768 814. War with saxons, avars, etc. (conquest, conversion) Themes of reform, renovation, correctio: seemed to have a standardization tone. The court (in aachen) as secular monastery. The coronation of charlemagne, imagined 600 years later (see slide) rome, christmas day. 800 ad pope leo iii crowns charlemagne emperor and augustus . Pope leo iii under attack: asserting independence from byzantines, lombard pressures from the north, unpopular in rome itself. Empress irene in constantinople (797 802: dynastic quarrels; pressure from arabs. Charlemagne needs to impress saxons and other conquered lords.
