Charlemagne giving his instructions to his missi dominici.


Charlemagne giving his instructions to his missi dominici, who were generally a count and a bishop, having to go, four times a year, over their counties subjected to their surveillance to control the counts and to be sure that the laws of the capitulary were respected. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860


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