"Emperor of rome" Quotes from Famous Books
... deal to convert the heathens in Germany, and spread the power of the Church. He saved Rome from some dangerous enemies, and made the Pope a sort of prince over the city; and the Pope, in return, crowned him Emperor of Rome, though without any right to give away that title. He died in 814, and after his time all the Christian west suffered horribly from the Teuton heathens, who lived in Norway and Denmark, and who used to come down ... — The Chosen People - A Compendium Of Sacred And Church History For School-Children • Charlotte Mary Yonge |