Gottschalk – Lone Voice in the Night (6)

In the splendid red robes of an archbishop in the Holy Roman Empire, Rabanus Maurus stood next to the king of Germany. The king was clothed in his royal cape as well, a scepter in his hand and a crown upon his head. Other bishops in all their finery stood in rows on either side of Rabanus and the king. Rabanus leaned on the curved, golden handle of his archbishop’s staff. He looked around the room at other clergymen of the church who were called to come to this Synod of Mainz. Then he lifted...