Einhard and Becher both underplay the role of the church during the Saxon Wars; instead they view it as a tool of government by which to claim booty. ... As Becher suggests, it was rather the intention to subjugate them at any cost using Christianity as a tool of government, which can be further supported by Schubert. At a great ceremony in Rome on Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charles as Emperor and Augustus, Emperor of the Romans. ... On the other hand, the program of religious reform and expansion of Christian culture was part of an overall strategy of Carolingian rule. . ...

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