“Pippin was crowned the first king of the Carolingian dynasty in the city of Soissons, in a brand-new sacred ceremony that involved anointing with holy oil in the manner of an Old Testament theocratic king.*” — Susan Wise Bauer Copy Share Image
“Pippin ordered Childeric III tonsured and sent to a monastery, where he died five years later, the last of the Merovingians.” — Susan Wise Bauer Copy Share Image
“the twelfth-century Song of Roland, which turns the bloody incident into a major conspiracy between the Arabs of Zaragoza and a traitor within Charlemagne’s… — Susan Wise Bauer Copy Share Image
“Pippin was crowned the first king of the Carolingian dynasty in the city of Soissons, in a brand-new sacred ceremony that involved anointing with… — Susan Wise Bauer Copy Share Image
