HISB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Knights Templar, Ottonian Dynasty, Hugh Capet
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Lecture 2: may 15, 2014 fadis. library. utoronto. va for class slides. Boethius 1st quarter of 6th century: kings need a well peopled land needs men of war/prayer/work, war = nobility and king (to be a successful political leader, had to be a successful military leader) ex. Not a king, actually a mayor but had tons of power. Peppin, became the first acknowledged carolingian king of the franks. Peppin"s son was charlemagne was europe"s first holy roman emperor (december 5: holy" represented the fact that he was crowned by the pope in rome so the. Pope created this role: the church needed military support so they needed charlemagne. In late 9th and the 10th century, new bonds began to develop (between lords and vassals). In 11th and 12th centuries, the wealth of the nobles came from public and private wealth: this had been obtained by their predecessors after the breakup of the.