Book contents
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- British School at Rome Studies
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Rome in 700: ‘Constantinople on the Tiber’
- 2 Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae
- 3 Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims
- 4 ‘The City of the Church’
- 5 The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua
- 6 Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace
- 7 Rome and the Franks
- 8 Paul I
- 9 Hadrian I dux Dei
- 10 Leo III and Charlemagne
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
10 - Leo III and Charlemagne
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2020
Book contents
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- British School at Rome Studies
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Rome in 700: ‘Constantinople on the Tiber’
- 2 Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae
- 3 Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims
- 4 ‘The City of the Church’
- 5 The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua
- 6 Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace
- 7 Rome and the Franks
- 8 Paul I
- 9 Hadrian I dux Dei
- 10 Leo III and Charlemagne
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Summary
One of the very last acts of a century that had witnessed so much change in Rome took place in the church of Saint Peter’s on 25 December 800, namely the coronation of Charlemagne as ‘emperor of the Romans’, although what precisely that phrase was intended to mean is not specified.1 Perhaps most importantly, the ceremony was performed by the pope, establishing a practice that would endure for a millennium. In political terms, the transition from the old order was now fully complete: the bishops of Rome had emerged victorious.
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- Rome in the Eighth CenturyA History in Art, pp. 219 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020