The Adaptation Of The Carolingians
Although many differing theories or reasons for how the Carolingians gained legitimacy in the deposition of the Merovingians, Moore offers an intriguing opinion. “The usurpation was conceived as a reform of kingship based on theocratic concepts of royal power that have been traced to episcopal social thought. These assertions of royal power came to be suffused with a “rhetoric of reform.” This reforming rhetoric, became the guiding principle for the Carolingians, but sadly had repercussions for the monarchy, and also the Church. The Episcopate, faced accusations of abandoning its most important duties, thusly requiring, in the Carolingians’ mind, a much needed change.
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He also soon realized that the Frankish Church direly needed aid in fixing their Church. In a letter addressed to his Anglo-Saxon Bishop Daniel, Boniface states that “Without the patronage of the prince of the Franks, I am not able to rule the people of the church nor to defend presbyters, clerics, monks, or the handmaidens of God. Nor can I prohibit those rites and sacrileges of pagan idols in Germany without his mandate and the fear he inspires.” Pope Gregory II sent a recommendation to Charles Martel in 722 that Boniface needed his aid. “For the sake of the German people, we warmly commend him to your high favor and pray you to help him in every need, to defend him against every enemy over whom you may prevail in the Lord’s name, bearing in mind that whatever support you solicitously give to him will be given to God, who said that those who received his holy apostles, sent forth as a light to the Gentiles, would be receiving himself.” Within the next year, Charles Martel extended his support to Boniface with a proclamation sent out to all the nobles and bishops of the land. In this proclamation, he addressed everything the Pope stated in his recommendation and told his own people that he, the maior domus or simply princeps, decreed they needed to aid Boniface in every
Upon learning of the desire of the Carolingians to promote and foster …show more content…
He also soon realized that the Frankish Church direly needed aid in fixing their Church. In a letter addressed to his Anglo-Saxon Bishop Daniel, Boniface states that “Without the patronage of the prince of the Franks, I am not able to rule the people of the church nor to defend presbyters, clerics, monks, or the handmaidens of God. Nor can I prohibit those rites and sacrileges of pagan idols in Germany without his mandate and the fear he inspires.” Pope Gregory II sent a recommendation to Charles Martel in 722 that Boniface needed his aid. “For the sake of the German people, we warmly commend him to your high favor and pray you to help him in every need, to defend him against every enemy over whom you may prevail in the Lord’s name, bearing in mind that whatever support you solicitously give to him will be given to God, who said that those who received his holy apostles, sent forth as a light to the Gentiles, would be receiving himself.” Within the next year, Charles Martel extended his support to Boniface with a proclamation sent out to all the nobles and bishops of the land. In this proclamation, he addressed everything the Pope stated in his recommendation and told his own people that he, the maior domus or simply princeps, decreed they needed to aid Boniface in every