Political unity was nearly impossible, with only Charlemagne's Frankish empire ever even getting close. ... Peter the Apostle and was a devoted catholic (Blackboard, Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne, pg. 56). Charlemagne used support from the Church in the division of sub-districts headed by nobles. He converted to Catholicism at a very early point in his life to garnish support and further cement his right to rule. ... It was the main source of agricultural and economic growth (Bentley and Ziegler, Life on an Early Medieval Manor", 448). ...

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