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He' s sitting on his throne and there' s the Emperor Constantine, kneeling and compliantly surrendering his crown to the dominant Pope. This account was a complete fabrication, but it allowed Leo to invent a new tradition. The power of popes to anoint emperors. On Christmas day 800, Charlemagne arrived to celebrate mass in St Peter' s. He knelt down before the tomb. As he bent down, the Pope placed a crown on his head and anointed him Holy Roman Emperor. The new imperial alliance seemed to increase papal authority and protect Rome. But actually, it was flawed from the start. The popes believed that they were the ultimate source of political and religious authority, so only a pope could crown an emperor. But the emperors believed that they were the supreme power, so an emperor could appoint the pope whose job it was to crown him. The deal didn' t live up to its promise. |
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lǐ ào sān shì zuò zài bǎo zuò shàng, kāng sī tǎn dīng dà dì zé zài na r, guì zài dì shàng xiàng jiào huáng chén fú bìng jiāng huáng guān xiàn gěi dà quán zài wò de jiào huáng. zhè bèi wán zhěng dì jì lù xià lái, tā ràng lǐ ào kāi chuàng le lìng yī chuán tǒng. nà jiù shì jiào huáng yǒu quán zhǐ dìng dì huáng de rén xuǎn. zài gōng yuán 800 nián, zhā lǐ màn dà lì dào shèng bǐ dé dà jiào táng lǐ zuò mí sā. tā guì zài shèng bǐ dé de mù qián. dāng tā wān xià yāo shí, jiào huáng wèi tā dài shang huáng guān bìng rèn mìng tā wèi shèng shén luó mǎ dì guó de huáng dì. zhè zhǒng xīn de huáng quán hé zōng jiào quán lì de lián hé sì hū néng zēng qiáng jiào huáng de quán lì, sì hū yě néng hěn hǎo dì què bǎo luó mǎ chéng de ān quán. shì shí shàng, zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ yī kāi shǐ jiù yǒu yán zhòng de quē xiàn. jiào huáng yǐ wéi tā men bù jǐn shì zōng jiào shàng de quán wēi hái néng jǐn wò zhèng zhì dà quán. yīn cǐ zhǐ yǒu jiào huáng cái néng wéi dì huáng jiā miǎn. dàn shì dì huáng zé rèn wéi dì huáng cái wò yǒu zhì gāo de quán lì, yīn cǐ dì huáng néng zhǐ dìng nǎ wèi jiào huáng zhí xíng wéi dì huáng jiā miǎn zhè yī yì wù. zhè liǎng zhǒng quán lì de jié hé bìng wèi dá dào tā de yù qī mù biāo. |