A bronze, small statuette that may or may not be Charlemagne
Canon Law in Carolingian Europe
Pseudo-Isidorian Decretales, Cologne, Dombibl. 113, fol. 1r
Collections Containing Forged Decretals and Conciliar Canons
1. Collectio hispana gallica Augustodunensis
2. Capitula Angilramni
3. Capitularia Benedicti Levitae
Purpose(s) of the Forgers
1. Independence of Clergy from Lay Control
2. Defend Clerics from Lay Accusations in Court
3. Diminishing the Authority of Metropolitans by Allowing Appeals to Rome
4. Suppression of Chor Bishops