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In No Way Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire

Noble Blood

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Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire

Charlemagne and Pope Leo had likely planned this Christmas ceremony together, perhaps when Leo was at Patarborn. It allowed Charlemagne to add an additional seal of legitimacy to his ambitions. The greatest legacy of that Christmas day in 800 was the idea of the Holy Roman Empire.

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