It is often written that Charles the Bald, who inherited and ruled West Francia, gave birth to the Feudal System with the Capitulary of Coulaines (available online on the marvelous MGH website).
The spiritual power was free from the temporal power by the end of the 9 th century and the pope became a major political player by the end of the 10 th century.
The Church had obeyed and served the Carolingian emperors, but it had grown so much that it was now able to confront their heirs and come up with its own political agenda. In the meantime, the Church which had greatly benefited from the leadership and protection of Charlemagne, Louis the Pious and their predecessors gradually became an independent political body. Into his brother’s realms and from that point onward, West Francia and Eastįrancia evolved into very different countries. It all concluded in Louis’ three sons (Charles, Lothair and Louis/Ludwig)
He also didn’t have the charismatic aura of his father, who went fromĬonquest to conquest, and he was left with an Empire practically impossible to Had to split his Empire, according to the Frankish customs, between his three Hand, Charlemagne only had one heir: Louis the Pious. Grant lands, titles, bishoprics or revoke them as they see fit. Louis the Pious, had a total control over the lords and the Church. The Carolingian Empire only had two: the temporal and the spiritual (the executive, legislative and judicial powers were allīundled up together). Have a quick look at that first 😉 A Very Short History ofĬontemporary society recognizes three forms of power: the executive, the Political structure of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) and the Kingdom of Franceīoth derive from the political structure of the Carolingian Empire. Posted by u/daimposter on the r/AskHistorians subreddit. Same? Strong dukes often controlling the king? How did the HRE and medieval Franceĭiffer and how where they same? Why did the HRE becomes a looser confederation I always hear about HRE being a loose confederation of minor How were the Holy Roman Empire and Middle Agesįrance different in term of political structure? What led to those differences?
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