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Very true. The Carolingians weren't harking back to Constantine -- that would
come later. When they were annointed, they were harking back to the kings of
Israel. Also, and related, "crowning" is different from annointing. Crowning
makes a king. Annointing, similar to the process used for bishops, conveyed
(in Carolingian thinking) the Holy Spirit to the ruler. Often, they were 2
distinct parts to the same ceremony.
There's also a huge literature on this. See the many articles of Janet Nelson,
for example.
Best,
Matt
Quoting Diana Wright <[log in to unmask]>:
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> Constantine was a Roman emperor. Roman emperors at that period were
> recognized by the army & the Senate rubber-stamped it. Constantine
> was in Britain at the time with his father, Constantius, one of the
> tetrarchs with Diocletian & married to the daughter of Maximius, another
> tetrarch. When D & M retired -- an amazing act in itself -- Constantius
> became augustus. When he died a year later, his troops proclaimed his
> son, Constantine, augustus. There were assorted jobs of tidying up to
> do before the Milvian Bridge thing & becoming sole emperor. The point
> is that emperors were made by the army, not by priests.
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> DW
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> Marjorie Greene wrote:
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> > In a previous post about the anointing of the Christian kings, I
> specifically mentioned the OT and the desire to imitate that practice. But
> there seems (and I hope everyone notices that I'm saying "seems") to be a gap
> between Constantine (was he anointed emperor?) and Charlemagne. Saul was
> anointed by a prophet; Ch. & Sons, by a pope. So when did the Christian
> kings/emperors decide it was advisable or necessary to be anointed (in
> obvious imitation of the OT kings) and why? This question may not be
> answerable. I'll also point out that at some point in time, "crowned" (or,
> horrors, "coronated") took precedence in speaking of the event. I bet no one
> in GB said "Elizabeth was anointed today."
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