As relações de poder entre a Igreja Romana e o Império Carolíngio: a doação de Constantino

Abstract

This work has for objective to analyze power relations between the Roman Church and the Carolingian Empire. To do so, we will use as a source of research the document known as The Donation of Constantine. This document consists of a 4th century imperial decree, wich refers to the recognition of the existence of a God and only one Church, coming by Constantine (emperor of the Roman Empire between the years 306 to 337), and also of your alleged cure of leprosy through pope Sylvester when this took place, according to the document, the baptism of the emperor Constantine. In this same document, Constantine would have made an alleged donation of lands belonging to the Roman Empire to the Roman Church, that should be managed by pope Sylvester and later by his successors. These lands would correspond to regions of Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem and Constantinople. Our research was written originally in Latin, however, to carry out this work we use a translation of the document in the English language made available on the website of the project organized by Paul Halsall Internet History Sourcebooks Project, by Fordham University of New York.