. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. allen inthe church. Perhaps he wished the Popes part had been less,yet in any event he made no effort to repudiate the title. For 1 Not the present famous church of St. Peter, but its predecessor, on thesame site; a building in some respects possibly nobler than the existing structure. CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS AGE 57 the rest of his reign (fourteen years) he is Carolus Augustus inhis proclamations, even as an old Roman Emperor. He con-sciously tries to cen-tralize his never becomesashamed of his oldGermanic traditionsor
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. allen inthe church. Perhaps he wished the Popes part had been less,yet in any event he made no effort to repudiate the title. For 1 Not the present famous church of St. Peter, but its predecessor, on thesame site; a building in some respects possibly nobler than the existing structure. CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS AGE 57 the rest of his reign (fourteen years) he is Carolus Augustus inhis proclamations, even as an old Roman Emperor. He con-sciously tries to cen-tralize his never becomesashamed of his oldGermanic traditionsor institutions; henever plays the tyr- Gjant; nevertheless theworld sees somethingvery different fromthe old Frankish mo-narchy. Here is theold Western Empirerevived; albeit on athoroughly Christianand Germanic Holy RomanEmpire is born. 30. Charlemagnethe civilizer. Char-lemagnes empireroughly correspondedwith the old Empireof the West. Variousprovinces* were lack-ing, but he had ahold on Germanysuch as no genuineCaesar had administer these. SPECIMEN OF CAROLINGIAN ARTThe cover of a prayer-book of the time of Charle-magne. This composition is obviously suggested byPsalm lvii. At the top there is a representation ofGod surrounded by heavenly beings. At his feet seatedupon a couch is an angel holding a child on his lap,symbolizing the soul of man which rests in the shadowof the wings of God. The angel is viewed as the div-inely sent deliverer and the winged figures representMercy and Truth. The soul of man, though protectedby the divine wings and the angels arms, is threatenedby evil ones represented by lions and by hostile bandswhich approach him, but stand back in awe. They aredestined to fall into the pit digged by themselves. 1 Especially Spain, Africa, and Britain. The Emperors of Constantinoplealso still held southern Italy and Sicily. 58 HISTORY OF EUROPE great dominions he used no complex machinery. At his courtwere a few high officers, and his counci
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