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Pope Leo III chose to crown Charlemagne as “Emperor of the Romans” in A.D. 800 because Charlemagne helped him when he was in trouble, he needed Charlemagne’s military and he thought it would be a fair and equal relationship. Document A is an excerpt from the “Life of Charlemagne”, a book written by Einhard explaining about Charlemagne’s life. In the excerpt, it explains “The Romans had inflicted many injuries upon Pope Leo … so that he had been complied to call upon the king for help. Charlemagne went accordingly to Rome, to set in order the affairs of the church”, which means that many Romans disagreed with, and tried to hurt Pope Leo III, but Charlemagne came to help the pope, and create order. In the same excerpt, it says “ he [Charlemagne] made their haughtiness yield to his …show more content…
Lastly, Document C is a picture of the crown that Charlemagne received when Pope Leo III crowned him at his coronation. The crown is very fancy, covered in gold and many shiny gems. There is a cross on top, symbolizing the importance of the Christian religion to the pope and Charlemagne. This fancy crown proves that Charlemagne was a very important person to Pope Leo III, and since the pope was very important himself, he needed a person of power to lead with him. The crown puts Charlemagne as the Pope’s equal, which shows that Pope Leo III knew that it is better for an empire when its leaders are considered equal. Charlemagne’s crowning of Emperor was also partly because of he was equal to the pope. Since Charlemagne was Pope Leo III’s friend, offered him help, had a great military, and could be considered his equal, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of Rome. This created a great relationship between the pope and Charlemagne, and Charlemagne’s crowning of Emperor created a great rule for his Frankish, and pope Leo III’s Roman

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