The Exemption that Proves the Rule: Autonomy and Authority between Alcuin, Theodulf and Charlemagne (802)
Rutger Kramer
When the two Carolingian intellectuals Alcuin of Tours and Theodulf Orleans engaged in a dispute over fate criminal who had sought asylum church Saint Martin Tours, their conflict quickly turned into heated political debate that reached highest level Frankish Empire. As evidenced by letters written during this altercation, seemingly simple matter brought up intractable questions should arbitrate on matters such as these, what it would mean if bishops interfered outside own diocese, how affected essential unity church. From appeals to personal responsibility institutionalisation Empire, between Alcuin, Charlemagne was ultimately about everybodyâs place greater scheme things, question play rules, be exempt.
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