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Although Notker wrote much later on the life of Charlemagne, his writing concluded that his view of Charlemagne; was quite similar to the positive portrayal of a pious and almost “monkish” king espoused by both Thegan and the Astronomer about Louis. Notker claims that Charlemagne is a God-willed priest in several places as well as stating that control and protection of the Church were fundamental royal duties. Since Notker was writing later in history than either Thegan or the Astronomer, it is possible that he, likewise, employed their practice of calling a king “priestly or monkish.”
The difference between public and private penitence is quite obvious, nevertheless, they both played a much larger role in the Carolingian world than we think. Penitentials became a commodity, which many wished to gain knowledge from, however, because they varied and appear rather contradictory and different from each other. Because of this, they were banned at the council of Paris in 829. However,