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... Church of Rome . - Immediately upon his accession to the throne we find him engaged in wars with the Saxons , a people who were in a sort of subjection to the Franks , but whose desire of independence as well as their hatred of ...
... Church of Rome . - Immediately upon his accession to the throne we find him engaged in wars with the Saxons , a people who were in a sort of subjection to the Franks , but whose desire of independence as well as their hatred of ...
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... church the Pope himself , at the head of his clergy , received and embraced him as a friend . Here he celebrated the festival of Easter . Afterwards he returned to Pavia , where pesti- lence and famine within its walls , furthering the ...
... church the Pope himself , at the head of his clergy , received and embraced him as a friend . Here he celebrated the festival of Easter . Afterwards he returned to Pavia , where pesti- lence and famine within its walls , furthering the ...
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... Church had done to that of its head , the Pope . He collected his army , crossed the Pyrenees , added that part of Spain bounded on the south by the river Ebro to his own dominions , and restored the Emir to his govern- ment under one ...
... Church had done to that of its head , the Pope . He collected his army , crossed the Pyrenees , added that part of Spain bounded on the south by the river Ebro to his own dominions , and restored the Emir to his govern- ment under one ...
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... churches and bishoprics were founded . The training of a clergy competent to their duties occupied his constant attention ; and in those " dark ages , " it is to the honour of Charlemagne , that in addition to other religious teaching ...
... churches and bishoprics were founded . The training of a clergy competent to their duties occupied his constant attention ; and in those " dark ages , " it is to the honour of Charlemagne , that in addition to other religious teaching ...
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... Church by proclaiming him Emperor of the western division of the Roman Empire . Approaching him as he knelt at the altar of St. Peter's on Christmas day , he put a crown upon his head , doing homage to him as his sovereign , while the ...
... Church by proclaiming him Emperor of the western division of the Roman Empire . Approaching him as he knelt at the altar of St. Peter's on Christmas day , he put a crown upon his head , doing homage to him as his sovereign , while the ...
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