Parallel Source Problems in Medieval History

adjust the troubles at Rome? 3. Did Charles actually try the pope in the council that he assembled? 4. What reasons can you find for the oath of purification taken by the pope? 5. How did Charles deal with the enemies of Pope Leo? 6. Do the actions of Charles indicate that he had greater authority in the city of Rome than the pope? 7. What reasons can you find for Charles sending such im portant missi to accompany Pope Leo back to Rome? 8. What was the pope's attitude toward Charles, and how did it affect the coronation? 9. Work out the details of the coronation ceremony? 10. By what right was Charles made emperor? 11. What evidence can you find which would indicate that Charles owed his title to the papacy? 12. From the evidence in the accounts, what do you think was Charles's attitude toward the Christian religion and the papacy? 13. How can you explain Einhard's statement that Charles was not eager to be crowned emperor? 14. What difference in point of view and what wrong informa tion do you find in the account of the Monk of St. Gall? 15. Criticize the account from the Vita Leonis III. by compari son with the other accounts. Other topics might consist of criticisms of the accounts given in standard secondary works by a comparison with the sources. The use of Bryce's Holy Roman Empire in this way would be an extremely profitable exercise. IV. The Sources 1. The Annales Laurissense...