Hated by a group of Roman noblemen who ambushed him and left him beaten unconscious in the street, then accused him of simony, perjury, drunkenness, and adultery. With no qualified authority to try him short of the empress in Constantinople — who had killed her own son and was legally disbarred by Salic law — he reached an impasse resolved by Charlemagne's testimony. He then crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor at Christmas Mass 800, a breathtaking act that effectively split the Roman Empire and allowed the papacy to claim superiority over the emperor.
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Episode 11 (1 mention)
Hated by a group of Roman noblemen who ambushed him and left him beaten unconscious in the street, then accused him of simony, perjury, drunkenness, and adultery. With no qualified authority to try him short of the empress in Constantinople — who had killed her own son and was legally disbarred by Salic law — he reached an impasse resolved by Charlemagne's testimony. He then crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor at Christmas Mass 800, a breathtaking act that effectively split the Roman Empire and allowed the papacy to claim superiority over the emperor.
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