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- Colossal and rich in C8 (Lorsch and Fulda).
- Nobles provided them with patronage for spiritual provision. Also were a good political club to join – different families supported different monasteries etc..
- Hence attraction in C8 for kings to make monastic reforms. Could take moral high ground and make big profits – could exert pol lever – appointment of abbots and dishing out of benefices.
- Carolingians regarded themselves as divinely supported. Success was self-confirming.
- Church reform allows interference – land and ideological resources came together.
- Biggest monasteries were built on periphery – this is where problems of plugging local aristocracy into the political system were most acute.
- All this increases quality of imperial theatre
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