Picture No | 10192393 |
Date | 25 December 800 |
Description | CHARLEMAGNE CROWNED |
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On Christmas Day, Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in St Peter's, Rome, by Leo III, initiating a long era of struggle for supremacy between the papacy and the empire.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in Falke, Hellas und Rom |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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