Charlemagne's Renaissance
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The Iconography of Political Theology
The Carolingian renaissance lasted roughly 100 years, 750 to 850. The high point is that anointing on Christmas day and the year 800. Charlemagne wraps himself in what we call the iconography of political theology. He calls his capital at Akhen the Tertia Roma.
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