HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Socalled, Irnerius, Usufruct
15 Dec 2020
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Charlemagne"s vision of his leadership over the latin west was based on a conjunction of roman, christian and germanic elements. The frankish empire was divided into several hundred pagi (counties) each headed by a count: royal officials who were appointed, and if need be dismissed, by the king and who were responsible within their particular country for: Military defense in the name of and subject to the authority of the king. In most cases the counts were local nobles, large landowner or warriors. Charlemagne sent missi dominici (the king"s envoys) throughout the empire in order to assist and check up on the counts. He appointed his sons as viceroys of the different regna that constituted his empire. The personal loyalty of the secular and spiritual aristocracy towards their king and its assent to his rule provided the first and most direct foundation of the king"s power. Both the feudal system and the seigniorial(senioralny) system evolved in the early middle ages.
