Saturday, January 17, 2015

Representative reports back to Charlemagne



Charlemagne's empire was organized into 350 counties. Each county was led by an appointed count who served as judges and administrators. To create loyalty, Charlemagne created Missi Dominici. This system allowed one representative from the church and one representative from the emperor to yearly check on each county, reporting back to Charlemagne. This allowed Charlemagne to keep each county under control.


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