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Topic:  Western History Unit 1 Q 9


 

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Type of paper: Essay
Subject area: West European Studies
Academic level: College
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Author: See Rivera
Date submitted: 2008-11-22 01:38:12
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The Emergence of the System of Duality in Medieval Europe
Voltaire once said that ``Holy Roman Empire ' was a misnomer . The
Byzantines to the East were the true successors to the fallen Roman
Empire the constant quarrel between the German Kings and the Popes made
them anything but Holy Defenders , and the Empire was really a loose
confederation of German duchies and principalities , pledging nominal
loyalty to their elected Emperor . The Holy Roman Empire , however , was
more than a political entity - it was an ideology , going back to the
days of Emperor Constantine . It was a dream of unifying all of Europe
under the banner of Christendom , with a reconstituted Rome as the
Church 's militant arm .
At the beginning of the Middle Ages , however , Constantine 's Rome seemed
far from reality . Successive waves of barbarian migrations and invasions
destroyed the old political unity of the western half of the Roman
Empire , until the deposition of the central authority in Rome was made
official by the Ostrogothic King Odovakar (Hayes et . al , 1962 , p .69 .
There was , in those turbulent years , a real political vacuum , and the
temporal leadership of the cities and settlements passed to those the
populace could trust : the Christian bishops . This was to be the seed
that would later be at the heart of the dispute of Emperor and Pope .
In time , ``newly reconverted ' Europe would accede to the Pope as its
spiritual (and at many times temporal ) head .
In the meantime , however , the barbarian kings sought legitimacy with
their rule , and imagined a new Rome under their leadership . The
Ostrogothic Kings Odovakar and Theodoric , as well as successive
barbarian leaders sought , at the very least , their ``appointment ' to
their respective kingdoms by the Eastern Roman Emperors in order to
maintain a semblance of ``Roman continuity ' in the western half (Hayes
et . al , 1962 , pp .69-70 . It was not , however , until the Pope crowned
the Frankish King , Pepin the Short , that this dream became reality .
Under him and his successor , Charlemagne , the Franks forced the
subjugation of the other pagan tribes and their conversion to
Christianity (Hayes , et . al , 1962 , pp .118-120 . When this Carolingian
Empire fractured , the eastern half continued this ``Roman dream ' as the
Holy Roman Empire .
There were therefore , two visions of Europe : one was united in Christ
under the spiritual guidance of the Bishop of Rome , and the other was
united in ideology under the successors of Constantine and Charlemagne -
the Holy Roman Emperor . These two visions ideally was actually one -
that of a single unified Christian Europe . In due course , however , the
two visions would prove irreconcilable .
A Question of Leadership : The Road to Hildebrand
The center of the disputes between Popes and their subject temporal
rulers - from the Lombards to the Franks and finally to the German
Emperors - was the practice of the latter in interfering with Church
affairs , particularly the appointment and dismissal of bishops , and
their being utilized in State affairs . To the Holy Roman Emperors , this
had...
 

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