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10 - Leo III and Charlemagne

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

John Osborne
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Carleton University, Ottawa
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One of the very last acts of a century that had witnessed so much change in Rome took place in the church of Saint Peter’s on 25 December 800, namely the coronation of Charlemagne as ‘emperor of the Romans’, although what precisely that phrase was intended to mean is not specified.1 Perhaps most importantly, the ceremony was performed by the pope, establishing a practice that would endure for a millennium. In political terms, the transition from the old order was now fully complete: the bishops of Rome had emerged victorious.

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Rome in the Eighth Century
A History in Art
, pp. 219 - 230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Leo III and Charlemagne
  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book: Rome in the Eighth Century
  • Online publication: 11 June 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876056.011
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  • Leo III and Charlemagne
  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book: Rome in the Eighth Century
  • Online publication: 11 June 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876056.011
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  • Leo III and Charlemagne
  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book: Rome in the Eighth Century
  • Online publication: 11 June 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876056.011
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