Carolingian Religion
Thomas F. X. Noble
The Carolingian period, roughly the eighth and ninth centuries, was dynamic decisive in European religious history. ruling dynasty clerical elite promoted wave after of reform that I call “unifying,” “specifying,” “sanctifying.” This presidential address argues religion key unifying universalizing force world; Carolingians were obsessed with doing things right way—usually Roman way; sought to inculcate Christian behavior more than knowledge. concludes by arguing put a markedly stamp on Christianity they Romanized well before papacy attempted do so.
Church History