Authority at a Distance
Shigeto Kikuchi
The recent historiography has a tendency to explain the activities of early medieval popes in terms their reactive or passive character. One key perspective here is contemporary perception papal authority among Franks. While no one Francia seemingly refused rejected primacy, neither Franks nor were always conscious it. Besides, there was course another Francia, that is, royal Carolingians, on which could count more easily. Nonetheless, sought some contexts. What did they expect from instead Carolingian monarchs? Dealing with various media through intended show authority, and how people felt it localities (papal envoys, letters, presents including relics, pallium, inscriptions privileges), this chapter asks who would, could, appeal pope be successful, what kinds channels available for them, whose intervention expect, responded, because his reaction not line intentions recipients.
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