The Crown That Changed the World
On Christmas Day in the year 800, inside the towering shadows of St. Peter’s Basilica, a moment unfolded that would reshape the course of Western civilization.
In this Chesterton Radio deep dive, we step inside the unforgettable You Are There broadcast that places us at the scene—where Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans.
Was it a spontaneous act… or a calculated alliance?A sacred anointing… or a political masterstroke?
We explore the drama as presented in the broadcast—and then peel back the curtain to uncover the real tensions behind the moment:
* A pope fighting for…
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