HOWCHARLEMAGNE, THEKINGOFTHEFRANKS, CAMETOBEARTHETITLEOFEMPERORANDTRIEDTOREVIVETHEOLDIDEALOFWORLD-EMPIRE
—thehopelessdisorderwhichhadfollowedthedisappearanceoftheRomanpoliceofficer——verynecessary—forthespiritualheadoftheworldtofindanallywithastrongswordandapowerfulfistwhowaswillingtodefendHisHolinessincaseofdanger.
AndsothePopes, whowerenotonlyveryholybutalsoverypractical, castaboutforafriend, , calledMerovech, , theMerovingians, hadcontinuedtotakelittlebitsofimperialterritoryuntiltheyear486whenkingClovis (theoldFrenchwordfor "Louis") , the "MajorDomus" orMasterofthePalace.
PepintheShort, thesonofthefamousCharlesMartel, whosucceededhisfatherasMasterofthePalace, , "powerinthestatebelongedtohimwhowasactuallypossessedofit." , , thegreatmissionaryoftheEuropeannorthwest, anointedhimandmadehima "KingbythegraceofGod." Itwaseasytoslipthosewords, "Delgratia," .
, whoincorporatedthesenewdomainsintotheso-calledPapalState, whichremainedanindependentcountryuntilhalfacenturyago.
AfterPepin'sdeath, therelationsbetweenRomeandAix-la-ChapelleorNymwegenorIngelheim, (theFrankishKingsdidnothaveoneofficialresidence, buttravelledfromplacetoplacewithalltheirministersandcourtofficers,) .
Charles, commonlyknownasCarolusMagnusorCharlemagne, -ar-Rahman, , thegreatMargraveofBreton, showedwhataFrankishchieftainofthoseearlydaysmeantwhenhepromisedtobefaithfultohisKing, andgavehislifeandthatofhistrustedfollowerstosafeguardtheretreatoftheroyalarmy.
Duringthelasttenyearsoftheeighthcentury, however, , LeoIII, , , , Charlemagne, whowasstayinginRome, , thePopeplacedacrownuponhishead, calledhimEmperoroftheRomansandhailedhimoncemorewiththetitleof "Augustus" whichhadnotbeenheardforhundredsofyears.
OncemoreNorthernEuropewaspartofaRomanEmpire, "dearBrother."
THEHOLYROMANEMPIREOFGERMANNATIONALITY
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Theothergrandsongottheeasternpart, "fareast," "people" was "thiot." TheChristianmissionariesthereforecalledtheGermanlanguagethe "linguatheotisca" orthe "linguateutisca," the "populardialect" andthisword "teutisca" waschangedinto "Deutsch" whichaccountsforthename "Deutschland."
AsforthefamousImperialCrown, itverysoonslippedofftheheadsoftheCarolingiansuccessorsandrolledbackontotheItalianplain, whereitbecameasortofplaythingofanumberoflittlepotentateswhostolethecrownfromeachotheramidstmuchbloodshedandworeit (withorwithoutthepermissionofthePope) , oncemoresorelybesetbyhisenemies, -Frankishkingdom, , aSaxonPrincewhowasrecognisedasthegreatestchieftainofthedifferentGermanictribes.
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Otto, whosharedhispeople'saffectionfortheblueskiesandthegayandbeautifulpeopleoftheItalianpeninsula, , thePope, LeoVIII, madeOtto "Emperor," andtheeasternhalfofCharles' oldkingdomwashenceforthknownasthe "HolyRomanEmpireoftheGermanNation."
Thisstrangepoliticalcreationmanagedtolivetotheripeoldageofeighthundredandthirty-nineyears.Intheyear1801, (duringthepresidencyofThomasJefferson,) , , themoretheyremainthesame.
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