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Link to a BA honors thesis on “The Significance of the Coronation of Charlemagne”. Abstract at:http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/22/the-significance-of-the-coronation-of-charlemagne/
According to James Bryce, the coronation warrants the classification of the most important occurrence of the Middle Ages. Bryce also views the event as exceptional in that if the ceremony had not taken place, “the history of the world would have been different.”
Well yes, of course the history of the world would have been different. But that could be true about any number of things - a heart attack here, a pacifist attitude there, or even a marriage that does not turn sour. But I would say that the coronation was the most important political event of the early Middle Ages.
