A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . )osed from his religious officesand imprisoned. At the intercession of Pope Adrian II. (8(37-872) he was released. He then fled from the court, gathered a bandof freebooters, and plundered the country, especially the diocese ofHheims. His comrades were excommunicated, but he himself wasgranted a season for repentance. Then the pope again preventedthe bishops from launching the bolt of exconnnunication against theerring prince, as they wished to do, and threatened to exclude themfrom the fellowship of the c
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . )osed from his religious officesand imprisoned. At the intercession of Pope Adrian II. (8(37-872) he was released. He then fled from the court, gathered a bandof freebooters, and plundered the country, especially the diocese ofHheims. His comrades were excommunicated, but he himself wasgranted a season for repentance. Then the pope again preventedthe bishops from launching the bolt of exconnnunication against theerring prince, as they wished to do, and threatened to exclude themfrom the fellowship of the church if they carried proceedings also admonished (liarles the Bald in severe terms, telling the king. L^ ^^^^m^^nmm^MMmmBi^ IlU. ^O. Toinb of lliacmar, Archbishop of Rheims. (From Montfaiicon.) that Carlomans sins were a punishment of Heaven for the wrongthat Charles himself had done to his nephew Louis H. at , the young bisho}) Hincmar, of Laon, had, on account of re-peated transgressions, been deposed from his office by his metropol-itan bishoi), his own uncle, Hincmar of Rheims (Fig, 28), and theprovincial synod. To this the king had given his assent. But youngHincmar appealed to Home, and found there powerful intercessors,who wished to remove his case arbitrarily from tlie regular processof law. Tlie ardor with wliicli the chamjjions of the new papal pre-rogatives entered the lists in favor of Carloman and Hincmar showedthat tlieir real object was to establish a precedent for the future bymeans of the decretals of Pseudo-Isidore. But those whose rightswere thus threatened displayed such energy in their own defence 144 FALL OF THE CAROLINGIAN HOUSE. that the Holy Se
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