Constantine and Charlemagne
As the knowledge of one God was imparted to all men, a single sovereign arose for the entire Roman empire and a deep peace took hold of all Eusebius Life of Constantine The shadow of both the emperors Constantine and Charlemagne loomed large over the pilgrimage to...
The Chrismon
The Chrismon was an early Christian symbol which generally consisted of an X superimposed over a cross bearing the Greek letters Alpha and Omega on each arm. While it largely disappeared from Western European Christian art of the medieval period, the Chrismon...